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MemblockCompressTo

Family: Compression · 2 forms

What it does

MemblockCompressTo takes destination (an integer) and source (an integer), and answers an integer. That is the first of 2 forms.

Syntax

1
MemblockCompressTo(destination integer, source integer) → integer
2
MemblockCompressTo(destination integer, source integer, level integer) → integer

Parameters

NameTypeIn forms
destinationintegerall
sourceintegerall
levelinteger2

Every form returns

integer

Example · generated

Form 1, the short one

DO  Print(MemblockCompressTo(1, 1))  Sync()LOOP

Form 2, with every argument

DO  Print(MemblockCompressTo(1, 1, 1))  Sync()LOOP

MemblockCompressTo is called and its answer is printed every frame. The DO … LOOP is not decoration: a classic BASIC program ends the moment it runs out of lines, and Sync() is what draws the frame.

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