Using strings: porting from FreeBasic

djsfantasi:
I defined them as constants. This also saves me SRAM memory which I need for other data structures.

I don't think so. You'll need to define them using the PROGMEM keyword to actually save any SRAM (see PROGMEM - Arduino Reference).

I could be wrong, but isn't that what PROGMEM is for?

Regards,

Brad
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