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Game Creation => SilverCreator => Topic started by: power on January 21, 2015, 11:56:06 AM

Title: Multi Array!
Post by: power on January 21, 2015, 11:56:06 AM

I realized that SilverCreator doesn't allow me to use multi-dimensional arrays, nor does it allow me to have variables of different types in an array. You also can't pass arrays as arguments to methods.

So I decided to "fix" that. Here's a simple API with 7 methods:

MARRAY()
Create an empty multi array and returns its ID -- store it in a Number variable to manipulate the array.

APPENDMARRAY(ID, x)
APPENDMARRAYSTR(ID, x$)
Append value to multi array.

SETMARRAY(ID, index, x)
SETMARRAYSTR(ID, index, x$)
Modify index of multi array. Note that you can't change the variable type of an element.

GETMARRAY(ID, index)
GETMARRAY$(ID, index)
Get index of multi array.


All variables and helper methods used internally by the API are prefixed with _scma_, so you can use it in your code and not worry about name clashes due to all variables being global.

I'm a terrible game designer, but I'll see if I can come up with some example code later :)

Title: Re: Multi Array!
Post by: Gan on January 21, 2015, 03:03:23 PM

Impressive work!