Ascii() action

Overview
The Ascii action returns part or all of the contents of the screen buffer as text.

Note: This action is deprecated. The Ascii1 action is preferred.

Parameters
Ascii takes 0 1, 3 or 4 parameters.

If no parameters are given
The entire screen buffer is returned.

If one parameter is given
The screen text is returned starting with the cursor position.
 * length
 * Number of buffer positions

If three parameters are given

 * row
 * Starting row (0-origin)


 * column
 * Starting column (0-origin)


 * length
 * Number of buffer positions

If four parameters are given

 * row
 * Starting row (0-origin)


 * column
 * Starting column (0-origin)


 * rows
 * Number of rows


 * columns
 * Number of columns

Return value
Screen text, one row per line.

Examples
Ascii Ascii(27) Ascii(2, 0, 80) Ascii(2, 0, 3, 40)