'===========================================================================
' Subject: COLOUR CODED WRITER               Date: 08-09-97 (01:38)       
' Author:  Jason Lashua                      Code: QB, QBasic, PDS        
' Origin:  irox@gte.net                    Packet: TEXT.ABC
'===========================================================================
DECLARE SUB cwrite (text$)
' Cwrite v1.o by jason lashua
'   nice color code.
' just type cwrite "`15blah`07 heh" or something
' the colors are:
' dark          bright       name
'  00              08          black
'  01              09          blue
'  02              10         green
'  03              11         cyan
'  04              12         red
'  05              13         magenta
'  06              14         yellow
'  07              15         white
'
'  All color codes are preceeded by an `
'
CLS
LOCATE 10, 27
cwrite "`15w`13el`05come `15t`13o `15c`13wr`05ite`03!"
LOCATE 11, 19
cwrite "`07D`15oesn`09'`15t text look beter `15l`07i`08ke `15t`07h`08is`09?"
LOCATE 12, 25
cwrite "`11a`03n`08d `11i`03t`08's `11s`03o `11e`03a`08sy `11t`03o`08o!"

SUB cwrite (text$)
FOR i = 1 TO LEN(text$)
a$ = MID$(text$, i, 1)
IF a$ <> "`" THEN PRINT a$;
IF a$ = "`" THEN
b$ = MID$(text$, i + 1, 2)
col = VAL(b$)
COLOR col
i = i + 2
END IF
NEXT i
END SUB