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//The key points of this program to take note of are lines 10, 12, 70, and 99

bool capsLock = 1, stopLoop = 0;
byte fileHandle;
int fSize, p1score = 365;
int characterPos = 0; //Which character is currently selected
int ASCIIPos; //The raw ASCII value of the character that will be added
int character, allowedCharacters;
string scores;
string current = ""; //*What has been typed so far
string name;
string currentCharacter = "A"; //*The character that is to be added

task main()
{
  SetSensor(IN_1, SENSOR_TOUCH);
  SetSensor(IN_2, SENSOR_ROTATION);    //Initialize an NXT touch sensor and an RCX rotation sensor
  allowedCharacters = 10; //This executes insead of the four lines below for the purpose of letting you guys debug this
  //if(p1score >= 600)
    //allowedCharacters = 9;
  //else
    //allowedCharacters = 10;
  //OpenFileRead("HighScores.txt", fSize, fileHandle);  //Don't worry about this and the three lines below it
  //ReadLnString(fileHandle, scores);
  //CloseFile(fileHandle);
  //p1score = StrToNum(SubStr(scores, Pos("/", scores) + 1, Pos("\\", scores) - Pos("/", scores) - 1));
  TextOut(3, LCD_LINE1, "Enter your name:");
  TextOut(0, LCD_LINE3, "Caps Lock is ON");
  TextOut(0, LCD_LINE4, "Next: A");
  TextOut(0, LCD_LINE6, "_");
  TextOut(9, LCD_LINE8, "Chars left: " + NumToStr(allowedCharacters - 1));
  PlayTone(610,140);
  Wait(220);
  PlayTone(511,100);
  Wait(180);
  PlayTone(610,140);
  Wait(140);
  while(true)
  {
    PlayTone(610,140);    //Just an indicator for debugging purposes
    Wait(140);
    stopLoop = 0;
    while(stopLoop == 0)
    {
      if(characterPos >= 0 && characterPos <= 25)   //If the option the user is about to select is a letter of the alphabet...
      {
        if(capsLock)  //If Caps Lock is on...
          ASCIIPos = characterPos + 65;   //Make the letter uppercase
        else
          ASCIIPos = characterPos + 97;   //Make the letter lowercase
        currentCharacter = FlattenVar(ASCIIPos);          //Make the current character the flattened raw ASCII value of the character position
      }
      if(characterPos == 26)      //If we want to press space...
        currentCharacter = " ";   //Make the next character a space
      TextOut(3, LCD_LINE1, "Enter your name:");
      if(capsLock)                                //If Caps Lock is on...
        TextOut(0, LCD_LINE3, "Caps Lock is ON"); //Say that Caps Lock is on
      else                                        //If Caps Lock is NOT on...
        TextOut(0, LCD_LINE3, "Caps Lock is OFF");//Say that Caps Lock is off
      if(characterPos >= 0 && characterPos <= 25) //If the character position is between 0 and 25...
        TextOut(0, LCD_LINE4, "Next: " + currentCharacter);  //Then make the next character a letter of the alphabet
      if(characterPos == 26)                      //If the character position is 26...
        TextOut(0, LCD_LINE4, "Next: SPACE");     //Then make the next character a space
      if(characterPos == 27)                      //If the character position is 27...
        TextOut(0, LCD_LINE4, "Next: BACKSPACE"); //Then make the next character a backspace
      if(characterPos == 28)                      //If the character position is 28...
        TextOut(0, LCD_LINE4, "Next: CAPS LOCK"); //Then toggle Caps Lock
      if(characterPos == 29)                      //If the character position is 29...
        TextOut(0, LCD_LINE4, "Next: DONE");      //Then submit
      TextOut(0, LCD_LINE6, current + "_");       //*Show what has been typed so far
      TextOut(9, LCD_LINE8, "Chars left: " + NumToStr(allowedCharacters - 1));     //Show how many characters are left (not finished with this line of code yet; what is displayed is only temporary)
      Wait(30); ClearScreen();
      if(SENSOR_2 < -8)            //If the rotation sensor gets moved to the left...
      {
        ClearSensor(IN_2);         //Reset the rotation sensor,
        if(characterPos == 0)
          characterPos = 29;       //and set the character position to 29 if it's 0
        else
          characterPos--;          //and decrement the character position if it's not equal to 0
      }
      if(SENSOR_2 > 8)             //If the rotation sensor gets moved to the right...
      {
        ClearSensor(IN_2);         //Reset the rotation sensor,
        if(characterPos == 29)
          characterPos = 0;        //and set the character position to 0 if it's 29,
        else
          characterPos++;          //and increment the character position if it's not equal to 29
      }                            //Essentially, the above 15 lines of code keep the character position between 0 and 29
      if(SENSOR_1 == 1)
      {
        until(SENSOR_1 == 0);
        stopLoop = 1;              //End the loop when the touch sensor has been pressed and released
      }
    }
    //Once the loop has ended...
    if(characterPos == 28)    //If the user has selected the Caps Lock option...
      capsLock = !capsLock;   //Then toggle Caps Lock
    if(characterPos >= 0 && characterPos <= 26)     //If the user's selection is a letter of the alphabet, or a space, then...
      current = StrCat(current, currentCharacter); //*This SHOULD add the selected character onto what you're typing, correct? It doesn't for me. I've also tried removing the if, and it still didn't work.
      //current = current + currentCharacter;       //Tried this as an alternative, and it didn't work
     //name = StrCat(current, currentCharacter);
    //current = name;                            //Also tried it this way just in case it didn't like string variables on both sides, and it still didn't work
  }
}

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string current = "", character = "A";

task main()
{
  while(true)
  {
    repeat(16)
    {
      TextOut(0, LCD_LINE4, current);
      Wait(1000); ClearScreen();
      current = current + character;
    }
    current = "";
  }
}

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#include "display.h"
#include "command.h"
#include "cstring.h"
#include "cstdlib.h"

string current = "", character = "A";

task main()
{
  while(true)
  {
    repeat(16)
    {
      // change to byte and re-run this code
      int asciiVal = 32 + Random(95);
      character = FlattenVar(asciiVal);
      NumOut(0, LCD_LINE1, ArrayLen(character));
      for (int i=0; i < ArrayLen(character); i++)
        NumOut(0, LCD_LINE2-8*i, character[i]);
      TextOut(0, LCD_LINE8, current);
      Wait(SEC_1); ClearScreen();
      current = current + character;
    }
    current = "";
  }
}