Global vs Local behaviour

[DrD]

Yes, good catch... I didn't see that. That will help in sorting things out the next time this kind of thing pops up for me.

EDIT:

I've learned that there are three activities that impact the contents of a global variable:

1. Command line, creates the User Variable: stg:="Stuff"
2. Compile time, re-creates the str.stg which is the same as User.stg (stg and str.stg both become 0.00 reals)
3. Run time, creates a local variable whose contents vanish after program ends. Contents from the (refreshed) command line remain intact:

stg="Stuff" ==> run program, input "Junk" ==> returns "Junk" ==> stg="Stuff" and str.stg="Stuff" (No difference between User var and qualified var.)

So a user would need to remember that a global value is only good if established AFTER a program has been compiled, or in other words, a global value will be destroyed if its further use in a program will undergo compiling.

This is the way it works in my emulator instance, anyway.