Pete's QBASIC Site

Okay, you'll probably want to put the RANDOMIZE TIMER somewhere at the beginning of the main module. That's where I put it. When you do random numbers, the random number generator makes a particular sequence of numbers that appears to be random based on a certain seed value. The problem is, the seed...

You young whippersnappers and your speedy code! Why in my day, we used code that let us come back a couple of days later to see if it was done or not, and we liked it!

Now, GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

zoinks!

sorry, my brain just melted...

What you've got to understand is the difference between a local variable and a global variable. When your program is all in one module, both types act the same, but when your program is broken up into a main module and subs, the difference becomes apparent. Any variable used in either the main modul...