In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, bean wrote:

Mike,
  There are a number of ways to access multiple strings.

  1) Simply read through all the strings (counting the zeros) until you find the one you want
  2) Make them fixed length and offset the read position by stringnumber  * length
  3) Prefix each string with a byte count. Read the byte count then offset the read position by that value
  4) Make a seperate data section with a list of string lengths, then add that value to the offset

If the string data is > 255 bytes you'll have to use word variables. Like this:

  tmpW1 = StringData   ' Get address of start of string data
  tmpW1 = tmpW1 + offset ' Adjust address to start of which string I want
  DO
    READ tmpW1, temp1 ' Start reading the string
    IF temp1 = 0 THEN EXIT
    INC tmpW1 ' Move to next character
  LOOP

Bean.

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