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  **Name:** BazzBasic-AI-guide.txt
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  **Description:** BazzBasic BASIC interpreter language reference for AI. Use BazzBasic to write, debug, or teach code.
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  **File extensions:*** ".bas"*, *".bb"*
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- **Version:** This guide is written for BazzBasic version 1.2 and is updated 07.04.26 (ddmmyy)
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  **URL:** This guide is stored and updated at https://huggingface.co/datasets/EkBass/BazzBasic_AI_Guide
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  # END METADATA
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  | Functions defined **before** they are called | Put at top or INCLUDE |
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  | Function name ends with `$`, called with `FN` | `FN MyFunc$(a$, b$)` |
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  | Function return value **must** be used | `PRINT FN f$()` or `LET v$ = FN f$()` |
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- | Arrays **cannot** be passed to functions | Pass individual elements by value |
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  | Case-insensitive | `PRINT`, `print`, `Print` all work |
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  | `+` operator does both add and concatenate | `"Hi" + " " + name$` |
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  | Division always returns float | `10 / 3` → `3.333...` |
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  - Parameters passed **by value**
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  - Labels inside functions are local — GOTO/GOSUB cannot jump outside
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  - Supports recursion
 
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  - Use `INCLUDE` to load functions from separate files if many
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  ## Fast Trigonometry
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  ~20× faster than `SIN(RAD(x))`, 1-degree precision. Uses ~5.6 KB memory.
 
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  **Name:** BazzBasic-AI-guide.txt
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  **Description:** BazzBasic BASIC interpreter language reference for AI. Use BazzBasic to write, debug, or teach code.
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  **File extensions:*** ".bas"*, *".bb"*
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+ **Version:** This guide is written for BazzBasic version 1.2 and is updated 10.04.26 (ddmmyy)
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  **URL:** This guide is stored and updated at https://huggingface.co/datasets/EkBass/BazzBasic_AI_Guide
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  # END METADATA
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  | Functions defined **before** they are called | Put at top or INCLUDE |
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  | Function name ends with `$`, called with `FN` | `FN MyFunc$(a$, b$)` |
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  | Function return value **must** be used | `PRINT FN f$()` or `LET v$ = FN f$()` |
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+ | Arrays **cannot** be passed to functions directly | Pass individual elements by value, or serialize with `ASJSON` and deserialize inside with `ASARRAY` — see *Passing Arrays to Functions* section |
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  | Case-insensitive | `PRINT`, `print`, `Print` all work |
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  | `+` operator does both add and concatenate | `"Hi" + " " + name$` |
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  | Division always returns float | `10 / 3` → `3.333...` |
 
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  - Parameters passed **by value**
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  - Labels inside functions are local — GOTO/GOSUB cannot jump outside
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  - Supports recursion
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+ - Arrays as parameters not allowed. Use ASJSON to make array as JSON-string to pass it.
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  - Use `INCLUDE` to load functions from separate files if many
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+ ## Passing Arrays to Functions
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+ Arrays cannot be passed directly to `DEF FN` functions. The accepted workaround (v1.2+) is JSON serialization: convert the array to a JSON string with `ASJSON`, pass it as a string parameter, then deserialize inside the function with `ASARRAY`.
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+ ```basic
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+ DEF FN ProcessPlayer$(data$)
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+ DIM arr$
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+ LET count$ = ASARRAY(arr$, data$)
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+ RETURN arr$("name") + " score:" + arr$("score")
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+ END DEF
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+ [inits]
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+ DIM player$
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+ player$("name") = "Alice"
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+ player$("score") = 9999
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+ player$("address,city") = "New York"
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+ [main]
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+ LET json$ = ASJSON(player$)
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+ PRINT FN ProcessPlayer$(json$)
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+ END
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+ ```
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+ - The function gets a full independent copy — changes do not affect the original array
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+ - Nested keys work normally: `arr$("address,city")` etc.
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+ - Overhead is comparable to manually copying an array
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  ## Fast Trigonometry
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  ~20× faster than `SIN(RAD(x))`, 1-degree precision. Uses ~5.6 KB memory.