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BazzBasic 1.3b

19 Apr 09:04
@EkBass EkBass
BazzBasic_1.3b
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April 2026

19th April 2026

Release as ver. 1.3b

18th April 2026

Fixed: Concanationing did not work with arrays

a$+= 5 ' worked
arr$(1) += 5 ' did not work
' but works now with ver. 1.3b

Added: several more example codes. Rosett-code solutions counter now a bit over 130.

Added: MOUSEHIDE and MOUSESHOW statemetens

MOUSEHIDE hides mouse cursor on graphics screen
MOUSESHOW brings it back.

Both works only when graphical screen is initialized (SCREEN 'mode')

Added: INBETWEEN.
Returns true, if n is between min and max and not equal to them

INBETWEEN(1, 1, 10) ' false
INBETWEEN(2, 1, 10) ' true
BETWEEN(1, 1, 10) ' true
BETWEEN(2, 1, 10) ' true

Unlike BETWEEN which returns true if n is equal or between min and max, INBETWEEN returns true if n is not equal and between min and max

Added: ATAN2().

PRINT ATAN2(x$, y$) ' 0.4636476090008061

13th April 2026

Fixed: LOADSHEET — sprite indexing now starts at 0

Sprites loaded from a sheet are now indexed from 0, consistent with all other arrays in BazzBasic. Previously the first sprite was at index 1.

Fixed: VSYNC — keyboard input no longer breaks after toggling VSync at runtime

VSYNC(TRUE/FALSE) now uses SDL_RenderSetVSync to switch vertical sync without destroying the renderer. Previously the renderer was recreated on each call, causing the window to briefly lose focus and SDL to reset the keyboard state — making KEYDOWN and INKEY unresponsive until the next keypress.

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BazzBasic 1.3

11 Apr 15:55
@EkBass EkBass
BazzBasic_1.3
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BazzBasic 1.3

April 2026

Version 1.3

Added: DRAWSTRING and LOADFONT — text rendering in graphics mode

Renders text directly to the SDL2 graphics surface. Requires SDL2_ttf.dll in the same directory as the interpreter. Prefer over PRINT in graphics mode — PRINT bypasses the SDL2 rendering pipeline and causes flickering.

' Default font (Arial, size 20)
DRAWSTRING "Hello!", 100, 200, RGB(255, 255, 255)

' Load alternative font — becomes the new active font
LOADFONT "myfont.ttf", 24
DRAWSTRING "Hello!", 100, 200, RGB(255, 255, 255)

' Reset to default (Arial, size 20)
LOADFONT

DRAWSTRING positions text by its top-left corner. Copy .ttf files next to your .bas for portability — Windows system fonts can be referenced by full path but are not recommended for distribution.

Added: ROWCOUNT — count array rows

Returns the number of distinct first-dimension keys in an array.

PRINT ROWCOUNT(myArray$)

Added: ARGCOUNT and ARGS() — command-line arguments

Access command-line arguments passed to the program.

PRINT ARGCOUNT          ' Number of arguments
PRINT ARGS(0)           ' First argument

Added: compound assignment operators

Shorthand for common arithmetic assignments. Works on variables ($), not constants (#).

x$ += 5    ' x$ = x$ + 5
x$ -= 2    ' x$ = x$ - 2
x$ *= 3    ' x$ = x$ * 3
x$ /= 4    ' x$ = x$ / 4
str$ += " world"   ' String concatenation

Changed: INSTR() — case-sensitivity parameter

INSTR now accepts an optional case-sensitivity flag.

PRINT INSTR("Hello World", "world")       ' 0 (case-sensitive, not found)
PRINT INSTR("Hello World", "world", 0)    ' 7 (case-insensitive)

Changed: math constants now use # suffix

PI, HPI, QPI, and TAU are now PI#, HPI#, QPI#, TAU# for consistency with the rest of the language.
⚠️ Breaking change — update any code using the old names.

Changed: IDE and CLI improvements

Menu Shortcut Action CLI option
File Ctrl+N New file BazzBasic.exe
File Ctrl+O Open file none
File Ctrl+S Save file none
File Ctrl+Shift+S Save As none
File Ctrl+W Close tab none
File Alt+F4 Exit none
Edit Ctrl+F Find none
Edit Ctrl+H Replace none
Run F5 Run Program BazzBasic.exe file.bas
Run — Compile as Exe BazzBasic.exe -exe file.bas
Run — Compile as Library (.bb) BazzBasic.exe -lib file.bas
Help — About BazzBasic.exe -v
Help — Beginner's Guide BazzBasic.exe -guide
Help — Check For Updates BazzBasic.exe -checkupdates

New files now open with a starter template:

' BazzBasic version 1.3
' https://ekbass.github.io/BazzBasic/

Bugfix: early RETURN inside FOR loop left function scope dirty

If a function returned early (e.g. via RETURN inside a FOR loop), local variables were not cleared. This caused stale values on subsequent calls to the same function. Now fixed.

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