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====== ugBASIC User Manual ======

===== LOAD ✓ =====

===== SYNTAX =====
     = LOAD( filename[,address] )
     = LOAD( filename AS alias[,address] )

==== PURPOSE ====

The ''LOAD'' command allows you to load a generic binary file from the file system 
of the host system and use it, as a buffer, directly in the program. Loading occurs 
at compile time: there is no access to the target system's file system. If multiple 
uploads are made to the same file, a single buffer will still be generated. 

An absolute starting address can be given: in that case, files will be loaded starting 
from that position instead of the first free position available. 

Since it is possible to upload only one file of the same type at a time, it is necessary 
to be able to indicate an "alias" with which to exceed this limit. In this regard, there is also 
the ''AS'' syntax, which allows you to load the same file several times but with different names. 



==== EXAMPLE ====
    testo = LOAD("aiuto.txt")
    testoRipetuto = LOAD("aiuto.txt" AS "aiuto1")
    schermata = LOAD("aiuto.txt", 0x8400)
    schermataRipetuta = LOAD("aiuto.txt" AS "schermata2", 0x8400)


See also the following example files:
  * ''[[https://github.com/spotlessmind1975/ugbasic/tree/main/examples/buffers_definition_02.bas|buffers_definition_02.bas]]''


==== ABBREVIATION ====
   Ld


==== AVAILABLE ON ====


==== ANY PROBLEM? ====
If you have encountered a problem using this command, if you think there is a bug or the explanation is unclear, please [[https://github.com/spotlessmind1975/ugbasic/issues/new?title=ISSUE ON LOAD|open an issue]] for this keyword on GitHub. Thank you!===== POWERED BY =====

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