Making a block of code inactive like with this";"

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Satchid

Member
Hallo everyone,
I am coding in Picaxe basic, i know how to put comments with " ' " or " ; ". But when i have more to say as comment than one line, or if i want to comment out a bigger block of code out of a program, then i dont want to comment out line by line. I know there is a way in Picaxe basic to inactivate a block of line at once. I can not find it, i can not find the right question to get the right answer.
Is there antibody that can give me the answer to this please?
Thank You
 
PhilHornby

PhilHornby

Senior Member
Two ways...

Select a block of code and right-click and choose "Comment -> Comment"

or

insert #REM before the desired code and #ENDREM after it.
 
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bpowell

Senior Member
Avoid comments all together ... they just take the fun out of programming down the road. When you open up a program you wrote 5 years ago, you want to feel the thrill of rediscovering things!

Cave explorers don't just look at a map of a cave and say, "Well, that looks fun!" NO! They go into that cave and explore it! Sometimes the same cave more than once!
 
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inglewoodpete

Senior Member
...and yet another way: blocks of code scattered throughout your program can be included or excluded by using the complier directives #Define/#IfDef/#IfNDef/#Else/#EndIf. You just use or disable (comment out) the #Define directive. Refer to "Pre-Processor and Directives" in Manual 2.

Example: Several years ago, I was commissioned to program a 3-metre tall clock called "Little Ben" in a public park. During daylight hours it played the appropriate Westminister Chimes on everyquarter hour. I wrote the code on my computer in my home office and, because the real bells were located several kilometres away, I used the piezo sounder to simulate the bells when debugging the code. (The PICAXE 28X2 was also connected to a GPS module to keep accurate time). The following code is an example of conditional compilation.
Rich (BB code): 
#Define UsePiezo      'Placed at the top of the program (Ie use Piezo speaker rather than solenoids)
'      
' ----- Subroutine QuarterPast: One Chime - #1 ------------------------------------
'
QuarterPast:        'Note: Directives must be on their own lines
         #IfDef UsePiezo
            Tune oPiezo, 12, (nGsharp6q, nFsharp6q, nE6q, nB5h)  'The "Bing-bong-ding-dong" sequence
         #Else
            Chime1      'Macro defined to play the real chimes on the bells
         #EndIf
         Return
 
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