or make your function
function writetext$(currenttile)
and the function call would be
writetext$(currenttile)
so you tell the function it will get a value called currenttile and that it will be called currenttile inside the function, remeber that if you alter the value of currenttile inside the function that it will make no difference to the value of currenttile in the main program, cheers.
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