PETSCII spelling

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Irmen de Jong
2022-10-29 14:07:04 +02:00
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@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ type identifier type storage size example var declara
``float[]`` floating-point array depends on value ``float[] myvar = [1.1, 2.2, 3.3, 4.4]``
``bool[]`` boolean array depends on value ``bool[] myvar = [true, false, true]`` note: consider using bit flags in a byte or word instead to save space
``str[]`` array with string ptrs 2*x bytes + strs ``str[] names = ["ally", "pete"]``
``str`` string (petscii) varies ``str myvar = "hello."``
``str`` string (PETSCII) varies ``str myvar = "hello."``
implicitly terminated by a 0-byte
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@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ value is given, the array size in the declaration can be omitted.
Note that ``%`` is also the remainder operator so be careful: if you want to take the remainder
of something with an operand starting with 1 or 0, you'll have to add a space in between.
**character values:** you can use a single character in quotes like this ``'a'`` for the Petscii byte value of that character.
**character values:** you can use a single character in quotes like this ``'a'`` for the PETSCII byte value of that character.
**``byte`` versus ``word`` values:**
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ There are several escape sequences available to put special characters into your
- ``\uHHHH`` - a unicode codepoint \u0000 - \uffff (16-bit hexadecimal)
- ``\xHH`` - 8-bit hex value that will be copied verbatim *without encoding*
- String literals can contain many symbols directly if they have a petscii equivalent, such as "♠♥♣♦π▚●○╳".
- String literals can contain many symbols directly if they have a PETSCII equivalent, such as "♠♥♣♦π▚●○╳".
Characters like ^, _, \\, {, } and | (that have no direct PETSCII counterpart) are still accepted and converted to the closest PETSCII equivalents. (Make sure you save the source file in UTF-8 encoding if you use this.)