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98DC '$' address peek/poke operator

Submitted by Steve Fewell

Routine:$addrop
Name: '$' address peek/poke operator
Starting Address: &98DC
Entry criteria: PTR B points to next character in command line.
Exit: The IWA contains the address (&2A, &2B).
&2C contains #&80 to indicate that a string is the variable type at the address.
Carry is set.

Description:

Increment the Text pointer B offset, to point to the next character of the command.
Get the integer value after the '$' operator and place the value in the IWA.
Note: As '$' is a 'peek/poke' operator, the expression handler is not used, as the address
value for the 'peek/poke' operation has the highest precedence.
BASIC does not allow an '$' function to be applied to a zero-page address, so if the
addess MSB (in &2B) is zero then generate the '$ range' error.
Otherwise, set &2C (the variable type at the address) to #&80 (to indicate a String),
set the carry flag (as the return value is a String) and exit.

Disassembly for the '$' address peek/poke operator routine