tasks a-s

Task/Environment-variables/Liberty-BASIC/environment-variables-1.liberty

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+print StartupDir$
+print DefaultDir$

Task/Environment-variables/Liberty-BASIC/environment-variables-2.liberty

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+print GetEnvironmentVariable$("USERNAME")
+    print GetEnvironmentVariable$("USERPROFILE") ' equivalent to UNIX HOME variable
+    print GetEnvironmentVariable$("PATH")
+    end
+
+function GetEnvironmentVariable$(lpName$)
+    'get the value of an environment variable
+    nSize = 1024
+
+[Retry]
+    lpBuffer$ = space$(nSize)
+
+    calldll #kernel32, "GetEnvironmentVariableA", _
+        lpName$   as ptr, _
+        lpBuffer$ as ptr, _
+        nSize     as ulong, _
+        result    as ulong
+
+    select case
+        ' buffer too small
+        case result > nSize
+        nSize = result
+        goto [Retry]
+
+        ' variable found
+        case result > 0
+        GetEnvironmentVariable$ = left$(lpBuffer$, result)
+    end select
+end function