allocating variables to i/o ports

[Picman]

Is there anyway, using PicBasic, to generate a variable (ie for to next loop) then activate an i/o pin corresponding to the variable value..( eg if x=3 then I want to send portb.3 high...what I want to do is send portb.x high however this doesn't work. If there is a way I'd be really grateful to know it
Cheers

[Jon Chandler]

One option may be to set the port equal to a number. This is easiest to understand in binary:

PortB = %00001000 would make pin 3 high and all others low.

There may be a way to alias bits but I don't recall.

A select-case statement might work well:

Select x
case 0
PortB = %00000000
case 1
PortB = %00000001
case 2
PortB = %00000010

etc....

[Picman]

Thanks Jon...First time I've ever come across a select-case statement but I intuit that it may work...hmmm...I'll try it and see if I can puzzle it out.
Cheers