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[Solved] Pointing to variables #245234 01/09/09 00:16 01/09/09 00:16
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan PlaystationThree OP Junior Member
PlaystationThree OP Junior Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan	This is kinda hard to explain in 3dgs terms because its from Adobe Flash's actionscript. Let's say I have a fer variables: var1 var2 var3. Say I want to go through all of them in sequence, setting each to a certain value. In actionscript I would do: Code: function goThrough(number){ var i = 1; while(i<=number){ ["var"+i] = random(10); } } goThrough(3); while in lite-c you would have to: Code: ... var1 = random(10); var2 = random(10); var3 = random(10); ... Essencially what it does is go through all the vars and sets each to a random number. What the ["var"+i] section does is search for the variable "varX" where X is whatever i is. So if i == 2 then it searches for var2. Can you do something like that in lite-c? I read the sections in the manual about variables but nothing... Last edited by PlaystationThree; 01/09/09 08:14. Bet you don't know where Taiwan is lol. "The Lord is my light and my salvation..." Psm 27:1

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: PlaystationThree] #245238 01/09/09 00:44 01/09/09 00:44
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 218 Nashua NH heinekenbottle Member
heinekenbottle Member Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 218 Nashua NH	An array might work. Code: function goThrough(var number) { var myArray[128]; var i; for(i = 0; i < number; i++) { myArray[i] = random(10); diag_var("myArray: %f\n",myArray[i]); wait(1); } } EDIT: My code had some C++ syntax that Lite-C did not like. Last edited by heinekenbottle; 01/09/09 00:53. I was once Anonymous_Alcoholic. Code Breakpoint;

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: heinekenbottle] #245240 01/09/09 00:48 01/09/09 00:48
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan PlaystationThree OP Junior Member
PlaystationThree OP Junior Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan	Good point, but actually what i'm doing is going through a set of TEXT* structs and changing their strings. I guess I should have made that clear in my first post. Sorry. Bet you don't know where Taiwan is lol. "The Lord is my light and my salvation..." Psm 27:1

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: PlaystationThree] #245257 01/09/09 03:59 01/09/09 03:59
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710 MMike Serious User
MMike Serious User Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,710	well i love action script to anf the fact in can merge strings just like var name= "you" + " second" + bla ba and it will result in the complete sentense. but lite c can't work like that.. as i know..

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: MMike] #245265 01/09/09 05:57 01/09/09 05:57
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan PlaystationThree OP Junior Member
PlaystationThree OP Junior Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan	Yeah, I would have stuck with Flash because the script system is great, but it doesn't have 3d built in. The 3rd party API suck too. Bet you don't know where Taiwan is lol. "The Lord is my light and my salvation..." Psm 27:1

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: PlaystationThree] #245278 01/09/09 07:45 01/09/09 07:45
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,011 Germany pegamode Serious User
pegamode Serious User Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,011 Germany	If you'd like to store pointers you could use my GSHashmap. You find it under contributions. With this hashmap you can store any pointer under a certain key and get it back. The key is a string that you could build by adding a number to a prefix in a loop as you would do it in flash. Regards, Pegamode Meteor Mess 3D: https://www.meteormess.de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeteorMess3D Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MeteorMess3D Discord: https://discord.gg/naJJgdMQDV

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: pegamode] #245281 01/09/09 08:14 01/09/09 08:14
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan PlaystationThree OP Junior Member
PlaystationThree OP Junior Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 54 Taipei, Taiwan	@pegamode That sounds what i'm looking for. Thanks for the post, and great contribution. Bet you don't know where Taiwan is lol. "The Lord is my light and my salvation..." Psm 27:1

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: PlaystationThree] #245283 01/09/09 08:19 01/09/09 08:19
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,140 Baunatal, Germany Tobias Moderator
Tobias Moderator Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,140 Baunatal, Germany	Why use an external plugin when the language already offers what you need? I think the C/C++ method of arrays is far better than actionscript, it's much faster and more logical. Use an array just as heinekenbottle suggests, only without the superflous wait(). When you need TEXT* well then use an array of TEXT. Code: TEXT texts[128]; function goThrough(var number) { var i; for(i = 0; i < number; i++) { texts[i] = txt_create(1,0); } }

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: Tobias] #245286 01/09/09 08:33 01/09/09 08:33
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,011 Germany pegamode Serious User
pegamode Serious User Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,011 Germany	You can use both to solve this problem ... an array or a hashmap. What to choose depends on your needs. Both have advantages and disadvantages. You have to compare arrays with hashmaps and then you have to decide which one fits better your needs. Meteor Mess 3D: https://www.meteormess.de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeteorMess3D Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MeteorMess3D Discord: https://discord.gg/naJJgdMQDV

Re: Pointing to variables [Re: pegamode] #245303 01/09/09 10:39 01/09/09 10:39
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,210 İstanbul, Turkey Quad Senior Expert
Quad Senior Expert Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,210 İstanbul, Turkey	you can check var_for_name too. 3333333333