CreateBank (size)  

Definition:

Create a data bank.

Parameter Description:


size = size of memory bank in bytes

Command Description:

The bank commands allow you to make your own memory bank to perform your own read and write operations to. This is useful for compression/decompression, level data, and tons of other uses.

This command allocates the memory and creates a handle to the bank.

Example:

; Bank Commands Example

bnkTest=CreateBank(500)

For t = 1 To 50
PokeByte bnkTest,t,Rnd(255)
PokeInt bnkTest,t+1,Rnd(10000)
PokeShort bnkTest,t+2,Rnd(10000)
PokeFloat bnkTest,t+3,Rnd(-.999,.999)
Next

For t = 1 To 50
Print PeekByte (bnkTest,t)
Print PeekInt (bnkTest,t+1)
Print PeekShort (bnkTest,t+2)
Print PeekFloat (bnkTest,t+3)
Next

Freebank bnkTest

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