Effect

Writes a value to a byte of the memory (RAM).

Syntax

POKE <Address>,<Value>

Parameters

<Address> must be in the range -32768 to 65535. It's a decimal number in single precision, but you can also specify an address in hexadecimal form.

If <Address> is negative the binary complement is used. This means POKE-1,0=POKE(65536-1),0.

<Value> is a decimal number between 0 and 255. It can also be a numeric expression.

Examples

10 POKE 60000!, 11
20 PRINT PEEK(60000!)
 
RUN

11

10 POKE &HEA60, 11
20 PRINT PEEK(&HEA60)
 
RUN

11

A=VDP(10)\8AND1:POKE&H430A,A*255

Related to

BLOAD, BSAVE, PEEK(), VARPTR(), VPEEK(), VPOKE

Compatibility

MSX-BASIC 1.0 or higher