71b creating strings with binary data

[Garth Wilson]

(12-20-2022 10:07 AM)dmh Wrote:  EDIT: Ok, I think it must be the length.  I don't care about the length as I'm using DIM

I don't think you can say that; because IIRC (although I haven't used my 71 in years), DIM only sets the maximum length; but if you're creating a new string variable with DIM (as opposed to re-dimensioning an already-existing one), the current length is initialized to 0. I think that after you do something that sets the current length as desired, you can change particular characters within that string to $00, without affecting others.