DEF SEG is used to define the area in memory to access QB64’s emulated conventional memory.
Legacy Support
- QB64 implements memory access using _MEM and related functions. For that reason, DEF SEG isn’t recommended practice anymore and is supported to maintain compatibility with legacy code.
Syntax
DEF SEG [=][{segment VARSEG(variable}]
Description
- Used to set the pointer to a memory area of a variable/array or register.
- PEEK and POKE require a segment memory address (often just 0) without using VARSEG.
- Important segments using PEEK and POKE include &HB800 (text segment) and &HA000 (graphics segment).
- BSAVE and BLOAD require a VARSEG reference to the grahic array(0 index) used.
- Always use DEF SEG when the procedure is completed, in order to reset the segment to QBasic’s default value.
- DEF SEG, VARSEG, VARPTR, PEEK and POKE access QB64’s emulated 16 bit conventional memory block. It is highly recommended to use QB64’s _MEM memory system to avoid running out of memory.