FILL SCREEN

TYPE: plusBASIC graphics statement

Note: Syntax changed as of v0.20g.

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FORMAT: FILL SCREEN ( startcol , startrow ) - ( endcol , endrow ) CHR character COLOR forecolor , backcolor

Action: Fills a rectangular section of the text screen with the specified character and colors.

• startcol and startrow specifies the upper-left corner of the rectangle.
• endcol and endrow specifies the lower-right corner of the rectangle.
• character is either a numeric or string expression.
  • If numeric, it is the ASCII value of the character.
  • If string, the first character character is used.
• forecolor and backcolor are the foreground and background color of the filled area.
• Illegal Quantity results from any of the following conditions:
  • startcol or endcol are not in the range 0 through 39.
  • startrow or endrow are not in the range 0 through 24.
  • endcol is less than startcol or endrow is less than startrow.
  • character is string with length zero, a number not in the range 0 through 255.
  • forecolor or backcolor are not in the range 0 through 15.

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FORMAT: FILL SCREEN ( startcol , startrow ) - ( endcol , endrow ) CHR character

Action: As above, but fills screen RAM without changing color RAM.

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FORMAT: FILL SCREEN ( startcol , startrow ) - ( endcol , endrow ) CHR _COLOR forecolor , backcolor

Action: As above, but fills color RAM without changing screen RAM.

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FORMAT: FILL SCREEN CHR character COLOR forecolor , backcolor

Action: As above, but fills entire screen.

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FORMAT: FILL SCREEN CHR character

Action: As above, but fills entire screen.

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FORMAT: FILL SCREEN COLOR forecolor , backcolor

Action: As above, but fills entire screen.