New features and changes:

- DRAWSTRING & LOADFONT — render TTF text directly in graphics mode (no more flickering!)
- ROWCOUNT — count array rows
- ARGCOUNT & ARGS() — access command-line arguments
- Compound assignment operators: +=, -=, *=, /=
- INSTR() now supports case-insensitive mode
- Math constants now use `#` suffix: PI#, HPI#, QPI#, TAU#
- IDE improvements: new file template, Compile as Exe/Lib from menu, Check for Updates, Beginner's Guide link
- Bugfix: early RETURN inside FOR loop no longer leaves function scope dirty

Breaking changes: PI/, HPI, QPI & TAU → add `#` suffix to keep consistency

Download: https://github.com/EkBass/BazzBasic/releases/tag/BazzBasic_1.3
Homepage: https://ekbass.github.io/BazzBasic/

Wow....you are so hardworking. I really hope that BazzBasic will be as popular as QBJS in the future. 

Hi david.

Adding features comes much easier when the ground work is done. And I have some spare time during winter/spring. Once summer starts, im working like a maniac :D

I also reached 125 solved task's at Rosetta Code with BazzBasic.

https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:BazzBasic

Ok, most of them are pretty simple, but still. (I need life lol)

Download 1.3b: https://github.com/EkBass/BazzBasic/releases/tag/BazzBasic_1.3b

## April 2026

## 19th April 2026

Release as ver. 1.3b

## 18th April 2026

Fixed: Concanationing did not work with arrays

[code lang='BazzBasic']

a$+= 5 ' worked

arr$(1) += 5 ' did not work

' but works now with ver. 1.3b

[/code]

Added: several more example codes. Rosett-code solutions counter now a bit over 130.

Added: MOUSEHIDE and MOUSESHOW statemetens

MOUSEHIDE hides mouse cursor on graphics screen  

MOUSESHOW brings it back.

Both works only when graphical screen is initialized (SCREEN 'mode')

Added: INBETWEEN.

Returns true, if n is between min and max and not equal to them

[code lang='BazzBasic']

INBETWEEN(1, 1, 10) ' false

INBETWEEN(2, 1, 10) ' true

BETWEEN(1, 1, 10) ' true

BETWEEN(2, 1, 10) ' true

[/code]

Unlike BETWEEN which returns true if n is equal or between min and max, INBETWEEN returns true if n is not equal and between min and max

Added: ATAN2().

[code lang='BazzBasic']

PRINT ATAN2(x$, y$) ' 0.4636476090008061

[/code]

## 13th April 2026

Fixed: LOADSHEET — sprite indexing now starts at 0**

Sprites loaded from a sheet are now indexed from 0, consistent with all other arrays in BazzBasic. Previously the first sprite was at index 1.

Fixed: VSYNC — keyboard input no longer breaks after toggling VSync at runtime**

`VSYNC(TRUE/FALSE)` now uses `SDL_RenderSetVSync` to switch vertical sync without destroying the renderer. Previously the renderer was recreated on each call, causing the window to briefly lose focus and SDL to reset the keyboard state — making `KEYDOWN` and `INKEY` unresponsive until the next keypress.