Hi Everyone, In MSX Basic, QBASIC, or any kind of basic derivative, I noted a lot of the sample games/programs include these massive "DATA" sections. As an example: 2790 DATA0F700F700F7007700770074003400000,FE70DA70DA40DA70DA40FC40FC40F840 2800 DATA3C617E6106F606F60F6803687E803C80,04140414041500112014201420150011 2810 DATA3C747E74C37F817F817F817F7EF53C71,99F499F41EFA7EA13C647EF40CFA0CFA Or something that looks like that. Does anyone understand what this is, how to use it, and what the purpose is?
It defines immediate data: http://www.qb64.net/wiki/index.php?title=READ http://www.qb64.net/wiki/index.php?title=DATA http://sip.clarku.edu/tutorials/True_BASIC.html http://justbasic.conforums.com/index.cgi?board=tutorial&action=display&num=1106258194
Was that a satisfying answer to you? The DATA-section is where you store information inside your code instead of storing it into individual files. The data may be anything from graphical elements (sprites, levels) to music/sound fx to pre-calculated mathematical data to speed up calculations to 3D-coordinates and textures. When you only have tiny amounts of data you can store it like that directly into arrays instead of having to load files.
