Is a semicolon (;) counted as a comment?

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#1 · 30th January 2021, 7:58 pm

Hi,

I am totally new to NextBuild. I have it set up using visual studio code. I also have the NextBuild extension installed so I get Syntax highlights and tool tips shown when I hover over key words.

I have everything working as I can create/compile and run code.

However I noticed that if I have a line something like

PRINT AT 0,0; "HELLO"

Everything after the semicolon is in green. Same as if I had used the REM keyword

Is this normal?

I guess it just hard to pick out the keywords for anything after the (;)

Thanks

Nige

em00k@admin

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#2 · 31st January 2021, 6:25 pm

Its because comments in assembler use ; while in ZXBasic its '

It can be fixed but needs some more advanced regex, maybe look for PRINT on the same line.

em00k@admin

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#3 · 1st February 2021, 1:25 am

Ok I have fixed this, a ";" will still show as a comment as long as it is written "; " with a space after it.

In code where you dont want ; turning the line into a comment you wouldnt normally leave a space eg

PRINT AT 0,0;"HELLO" ' no space so not a comment.

ASM

; This will be a comment space after ; so is a comment.

END ASM

em00k@admin

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#4 · 2nd February 2021, 4:09 am

Hi - This has been fixed in 1.0.9 - Check extensions and click NextBuild, it should ask to update and reload.