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Returns a string representation of a variable's address for use in DRAW and
PLAY statements.
 
VARPTR$(commandstring$)
 
    ■ commandstring$    A string variable containing DRAW or PLAY commands.
 
Example:
    Scale$ = "CDEFGAB"
    PLAY "L16"
    FOR i% = 0 TO 6
        PLAY "O" + STR$(i%)
        PLAY "X" + VARPTR$(Scale$)
    NEXT i%
 
See Also   ◄DRAW►   ◄PLAY (Music)►    ◄VARPTR, VARSEG►