String arrays

[ook]

Hello All

I have a Spectrum BASIC background. In Spectrum BASIC, when reading data into an array, you can use the following :

10 DIM l$(3)
20 FOR n = 1 to 3
30 READ l$(n)
40 NEXT n
50 data "array 1","array 2","array 3"

And away you go.

In Just BASIC v1.01 I can't get the above to work. Apparently you have to do the following :

Dim l$(3)
Let l$(1)="string 1"
Let l$(2)="string 2"
Let l$(3)="string 3"

It do get really cumbersome if you have a couple of strings to add to this array. Isn't there a quicker way of doing it eg creating a csv file and reading that into the array?

Regards

Ook

[tenochtitlanuk]

See the help files--
Reading DATA into Arrays

DATA is READ into variables. It cannot be READ directly into arrays. To fill arrays with DATA items, first READ the item into a variable, then use that variable to fill an index of the array.

EDIT You say you are using JB, where this reply holds. In LB you CAN read data directly...

dim l$( 3)

for n = 1 to 3
   read d$
   l$( n) =d$
next n

data "array 1", "array 2", "array 3"