#String surprise
Tom, this turkey may surprise you:
1 X$="abcde"
2 MID$(X$,2)=X$
3 PRINT X$
(No, it WON'T change the program itself – it's harmless.)
For some reason, what DOES happen didn't surprise me – knew more about it a
year ago. Something like: RHS str vrbl refs yield just the descriptor (no copy)
until they're USED (as an OPERAND ) in the RHS(?). Whatever, if silicon virus
reduces your ROM2's to sand & you're back-to-BASIC dumpers, you now know how to
avoid the trashman!
obscurely yours, tim
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