Tutorials

Various tutorials on RightMV from beginner to expert.

TUTORIAL 09 · STEP 1 OF 14

MV BASIC arrays, strings and delimiters

Work confidently with fixed arrays and MultiValue dynamic arrays

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Two very different kinds of array

MV BASIC has fixed, dimensioned arrays and dynamic arrays. A DIM array reserves a known number of variables for calculations inside a program. A dynamic array is one string whose structure is encoded with MultiValue delimiter characters. They use similar-looking subscripts, but their storage and behavior are fundamentally different.