Need help with save"txt

Put this code near the beginning:

VAR SAVE[5]

It will make an array (essentially a bunch of variables put into one) that will store your save data. When you want to save, use this:

SAVE[0]=ATK
SAVE[1]=DEF
SAVE[2]=GOLD
SAVE[3]=HP
SAVE[4]=SP
SAVE "DAT:SAVEDATA",SAVE

The first 5 lines put your variables into the array, and the final line saves the array as a DAT file.

Side Note

Arrays start with 0 for some reason... If you have an array with 5 things in it, the array will go from 0-4. Odd.

When you want to load, use this:

LOAD "DAT:SAVEDATA",SAVE,0
ATK=SAVE[0]
DEF=SAVE[1]
GOLD=SAVE[2]
HP=SAVE[3]
SP=SAVE[4]

If I remember correctly, this will only work with integers. You can't save real numbers as DAT files. (Integers are variables that can't have decimal points and real numbers are the ones that can) If your numbers ARE real numbers, then you can use this method, but it's a bit more complex. It's like your original method, but it puts multiple numbers into one string. To save, use these lines of code:

SAVE$=STR$(ATK)+"*"+STR$(DEF)+"*"+STR$(GOLD)+"*"+STR$(HP)+"*"+STR$(SP)
SAVE "TXT:SAVEDATA",SAVE$

The first line puts all the variables together, separated by *s using the STR$ function, which converts numbers to strings. Here's where it gets complex. To load, use these lines of code:

LOAD "TXT:SAVEDATA",0 OUT SAVE$
ATK=VAL(MID$(SAVE$,0,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")))
SAVE$=MID$(SAVE$,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")+1,LEN(SAVE$)-INSTR(SAVE$,"*"))
DEF=VAL(MID$(SAVE$,0,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")))
SAVE$=MID$(SAVE$,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")+1,LEN(SAVE$)-INSTR(SAVE$,"*"))
GOLD=VAL(MID$(SAVE$,0,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")))
SAVE$=MID$(SAVE$,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")+1,LEN(SAVE$)-INSTR(SAVE$,"*"))
HP=VAL(MID$(SAVE$,0,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")))
SAVE$=MID$(SAVE$,INSTR(SAVE$,"*")+1,LEN(SAVE$)-INSTR(SAVE$,"*"))
SP=VAL(SAVE$)

^{Oh boy... This is a mess.} This chunk of code takes each value out of SAVE$, one by one. As you can see, there are two core copy-and-pasted lines in this: the VAL(...) and the MID$(...). The VAL() line pretty much says "find the first value I see out of the SAVE$ variable and put it into ATK, DEF, etc." The MID$() line takes what it just found out of the SAVE$ variable. The last VAL() line is different because there are no *s left in the SAVE$ variable, so it just takes the last value and puts it into SP. Edit: how did i not see the mistake