QBasic 1.1: VARPTR$ Function

Explanation

Returns a string representation of a variable's address for use in DRAW and PLAY statements.

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VARPTR$(commandstring$)

commandstring$

A string variable containing DRAW or PLAY commands.


Scale$ = "CDEFGAB"
PLAY "L16"
FOR i% = 0 TO 6
  PLAY "O" + STR$(i%)
  PLAY "X" + VARPTR$(Scale$)
NEXT i%