BBC Micro Bot VDU String Example

MicroBotVDUStringExample.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

// Example C# program to make a VDU string for BBC Micro Bot
// @P_Malin
// Based on stuff from @rheolism and @Kweepa 

namespace MakeData
{
    class Program
    {

        static string GetOutputString(int[] OutputData)
        {
            string outString = "";
            foreach (int k in OutputData)
            {
                if (k == 13 )
                    Debug.WriteLine("Cannot encode end of string terminator 13");
                if (k == '"')
                    outString += '"'; // Add an extra quote to escape quote character
                outString += (char)((k < 32 || k > 126) ? k + 256 : k); // add 256 to any invalid characters (the bot will use them MOD 256)
            }

            return outString;
        }


        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Put the array of bytes you want to encode in here
            // In this case it is a string of characters to print
            // Which will be the equivalent of doing
            // VDU 17,130,12,19,.... etc.
            // in BASIC (but much fewer characters)
            int[] VDUData = { 
                17,130, // COLOUR 130
                12, // CLS
                19, 1, 5, 0, 0, 0, // Set palette 1=5
                19, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, // Set palette 2=1
                19, 3, 2, 0, 0, 0, // Set palette 3=2
                5, // TEXT AT GRAPHICS CURSOR (CURSOR OFF)
                };

            Debug.WriteLine( String.Format("PRINT\"{0}\"", GetOutputString(VDUData) ));
        }
    }
}