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    This document describes a simple trick to hide parts of a BASIC program on a Commodore computer by placing five colons in front of lines you want to hide. It explains that using a FOR-NEXT loop with PEEK and POKE commands, it can scan the program memory and remove or restore those lines. The document provides a sample program to demonstrate this trick and encourages readers to share other interesting Commodore programs and tricks.

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    This document describes a simple trick to hide parts of a BASIC program on a Commodore computer by placing five colons in front of lines you want to hide. It explains that using a FOR-NEXT loop with PEEK and POKE commands, it can scan the program memory and remove or restore those lines. The document provides a sample program to demonstrate this trick and encourages readers to share other interesting Commodore programs and tricks.

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    Hide Code Commodore Mag Aug 1982

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    This document describes a simple trick to hide parts of a BASIC program on a Commodore computer by placing five colons in front of lines you want to hide. It explains that using a FOR-NEXT loop with PEEK and POKE commands, it can scan the program memory and remove or restore those lines. The document provides a sample program to demonstrate this trick and encourages readers to share other interesting Commodore programs and tricks.

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    Here is a little tidbit that you may find interesting. Did cute them via a ` goto.

    hem via a ` goto.' List the program and you will see
    you ever wish that you could `hide' parts of a program, that your secret code has vanished! To make the lines
    while leaving it all in BASIC and copyable? Well here is reappear, just ` goto' the line number you assigned to the
    a simple and effective way to do just that! second half of the statements below.
    Simply load your program into memory, and place five Try this little trick on the small program below just to
    colons (:::::) in front of every statement that you wish to see it work, it's fun and only costs you a little more
    hide, after the line number and before the BASIC line space for the five colons and the extra statements.
    itself. Then just key in the following statements and exe-

    1 0 rem "simple program"


    20 print"this line will not be protected"
    30 print"this line will not be protected either"
    40 :::::print"but this line will. . . ."
    50 :::::print"and this one too......
    55 stop: rem "assume that this is the logical end of the program
    60 rem "the coding from 60000-60020 will make the lines vanish
    70 rem "the coding from 60030-60050 will make the lines reappear
    60000 :::::fori = 1024 to 15000
    60010 :::::ifpeek(i) = 58andpeek(i + 2) = thenpokei,0:i = i + 5
    60020 :::::next:stop
    60030 :::::fori = 1024 to 15000
    60040 :::::ifpeek(i) = Oandpeek(i + 1) = 58andpeek(i + 2) = 58thenpokei, 58:i = 1 + 5
    60050 :::::next:stop

    PLEASE NOTE . . . the value of 15000 in lines 60000 ensure that the search for the five colons continues
    and 60030 just needs to be any value large enough so through your entire program.
    that it is larger than the number of bytes of your code to

    Have any interesting little programs, tricks, etc. for


    Commodore micros? Let us know and we'll feature
    them in Commodore Magazine. Send your suggestions
    to:
    "Did You Know"
    Commodore Magazine
    487Devon Park Drive
    Wayne, PA 19087

    www.commodore.ca
    Free for personal use but you must have written permission to reproduce
    August/September 1982 83.

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