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This is probably a simple problem, but here:
How do I get it to stop printint spaces in between each number?

LTRIM$(STR$(map(x, y)))

or rtrim$......................

Nope, LTRIM$. A space is reserved at the front of the string equiv of a number for a -ve sign.

Ah, now I remember reading that! I never figured out why it added a space.

By putting a PRINT after the FOR x loop, you can save yourself the IF ... THEN ... ELSE.

Quote:By putting a PRINT after the FOR x loop, you can save yourself the IF ... THEN ... ELSE.

Code:

FOR y = 1 TO 10
FOR x = 1 TO 10
   PRINT map(x, y);
NEXT
PRINT
NEXT

I just needed to test whether a newline was needed, i.e. end of a row of the map. Notice that I put ";" on one of the PRINTs?

they both do the same thing, its just that SCM does it a cleaner way.

yours goes through the x loop, and if x = 10, then it prints the number and then goes to the next line.

SCM's goes through the x loop, and then after it has gone through, it goes to the next line.

now if the x loop went to a number bigger than 10, but you still wanted it to print a new line at the 10th loop, then your way would be the only way.

I thought mine would be more efficient, because it avoids the IF statements being repeated. After I thought about it, I realized I had traded 10 IF's for 1 PRINT, and Print's are slow. I tested it both ways and found the performance to be the same. I agree that mine looks cleaner, but it doesn't work any better.

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