NAME
var_display - Display the strings stored in an Applesoft BASIC VAR file
VERSION
This document describes version 0.201 of var_display, released September 12, 2015 as part of AppleII-LibA2 version 0.201.
SYNOPSIS
var_display VAR-FILEDESCRIPTION
var_display lists the contents of an Applesoft BASIC VAR file. Currently, it can only display string variables and string arrays. The strings are formatted ready to drop into a C or Perl program, with Control-M (the Apple's end-of-line character) displayed as \n, backslashes and quotation marks quoted (\\ and \"), and control characters in the range \x00 to \x1F displayed in hexadecimal notation.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
var_display requires no configuration files or environment variables.
DEPENDENCIES
var_display is a stand-alone utility.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
var_display only displays string variables and one-dimensional string arrays. It wouldn't be hard to add support for integer and floating-point variables or multi-dimensional arrays, but I don't need it. If you do, send email!
AUTHOR
Christopher J. Madsen <perl AT cjmweb.net>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bug-AppleII-LibA2 AT rt.cpan.org> or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=AppleII-LibA2.
You can follow or contribute to AppleII-LibA2's development at https://github.com/madsen/perl-libA2.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Christopher J. Madsen.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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