Hi Folks .... In experimenting with RANDOM, and following the detail on pt2 p177 of the manual, I've encountered a problem. In the first code snippet half way down the page, the use of 'timer' generates the error message " 'timer' is an unknown symbol". However, using 'time' as in the second snippet executes fine with the simulator, as in:
start:
let w0=time
random w0
pause 1000
goto start
Further, neither 'time' or 'timer' are listed in my manual v7.9.2 10/2015, which appears to be the latest, but I did find a page on 'time' in the separate alpha basic commands page, but no reference to 'timer'.
I'm using an 18M2 and PE5, and it occurred to me that perhaps for some reason 'timer' is only applicable to PE6 ( I've disabled my copy of PE6, as on my XP machine, it takes frustratingly far too long to load, and I'm really only comfortable with PE5).
I'd appreciate some advice, please,.
Ben Baker
start:
let w0=time
random w0
pause 1000
goto start
Further, neither 'time' or 'timer' are listed in my manual v7.9.2 10/2015, which appears to be the latest, but I did find a page on 'time' in the separate alpha basic commands page, but no reference to 'timer'.
I'm using an 18M2 and PE5, and it occurred to me that perhaps for some reason 'timer' is only applicable to PE6 ( I've disabled my copy of PE6, as on my XP machine, it takes frustratingly far too long to load, and I'm really only comfortable with PE5).
I'd appreciate some advice, please,.
Ben Baker