Are there any Linux distros that include Free Basic in their repositories in 2025?

There are several download and compile scripts for Windows and also for Linux that are provided in the download. I would appreciate a short installation document with the recommended steps for installation on Windows and Linux. Also, perhaps a clean-up script that would get rid of anything not neede...

I guess the argument would be that these files are used by the the generated application, which can be any appropriate license, including commercial. They are not a part of the compiler itself which is GPL and taints everything linked to it. Also, given that the Oracle vs Google decision (as this no...

The header files supplied with fbc do not have a specific license included, however they do have this notice NOTICE: This file is part of the FreeBASIC Compiler package and can't be included in other distributions without authorization This would seem to conflict with both the GPL and the LGPL. So, ...

[2022 Aug 18] Here is an enhanced version of the extended input routine along with a test program. Added are: Several more key code captures including next word (CntlRightArrow) and previous word (CntlLeftArrow) capabilities. Ctrl+Delete to clear the whole field Insert key toggle to insert or overwr...

@deltarho Thanks for posting the link to Paul Squires string routines. When I did a search, I did not find that posting. One nice thing about posting routines, even if similar ones have been posted in the past, is that it refreshes the current listings, and someone will always point out where relate...

That is why I love posting routines, even if not perfect. Often end up getting something back that is even better even better.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate all the feedback. I am a retired, now hobbyist, formally professional programmer (using a different language). I haven't worked with Freebasic much, so posting these little bits of code is really helping me learn more about the language and it's capabilities.. I really ...

This is an example program for a findnext() function. It would be normally used after the find() function uploaded previously. For example, if you have a CSV (comma separated values) string and you want to retrieve the data between two commas, you could get the location of the first delimiter and th...

Some additional modifications to the code of the previously uploaded count() function and we can return the location of the nth instance of a character in a string. 'Program: FindFunctionExample ' Find() finds the nth occurence of a character in a string ' and returns the location '=================...

Slight modification of previously posted replace() function results in a new function count(). Useful if you need to find out how many delimited sub-strings are in a string. The number of sub-strings will be count()+1. 'Program: CountFunctionExample ' This program demonstrates a count() function ' c...

In the responses, the for statement had a -1 added to the end. Both the original code and the changed code work. What I don't understand is why. Just looking at it, it seems that the last character in the string should never be accessed as len(SearhString) returns the proper length of the string. fo...

Here is the modified test program implementing most of the suggestions made. Thank you. The only suggestion I didn't include was passing variables by reference. I avoid global variables and byref parameters because they decrease encapsulation. Just my own personal coding fetish. 'Program: ReplaceFun...

String function replace() with example program 'Program: ReplaceFunctionExample ' This program shows how the included 'replace' function ' converts all instances of one character in a string to another '================================================== ' replace function '==========================...

This program, box, contains the subroutine FillArea. You can specify either spaces or one of three different fill characters, and choose the location, size and color of the fill. The program uses the US English keyboard codes with the Consolas font. Users may need to modify it for other languages an...