Time for an 2014 update…

Task/Copy-a-string/BASIC/copy-a-string-1.basic

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+100 DEF  FN P(A) =  PEEK (A) +  PEEK(A + 1) * 256 : FOR I =  FN P(105) TO  FN P(107) - 1 STEP 7 : ON PEEK(I + 1) < 128 OR PEEK(I) > 127 GOTO 130 : ON LEFT$(P$, 1) <> CHR$(PEEK(I)) GOTO 130
+110 IF LEN(P$) > 1 THEN ON PEEK(I + 1) = 128 GOTO 130 : IF MID$(P$, 2, 1) <> CHR$(PEEK(I + 1) - 128) GOTO 130
+120 POKE I + 4, P / 256 : POKE I + 3, P - PEEK(I + 4) * 256 : RETURN
+130 NEXT I : STOP

Task/Copy-a-string/BASIC/copy-a-string-2.basic

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+S$ = "HELLO" : REM S$ IS THE ORIGINAL STRING
+C$ = S$ : REM C$ IS THE COPY

Task/Copy-a-string/BASIC/copy-a-string-3.basic

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+P$ = "S" : P = 53637 : GOSUB 100"POINT STRING S AT SOMETHING ELSE
+?S$
+?C$