----------------------------------- aldreneo Tue May 02, 2006 6:45 pm Put and get on the same line... ----------------------------------- How can I make it do this var age:string put "How old are you" + get age So that they are outputted on the same line? ----------------------------------- Cervantes Tue May 02, 2006 6:51 pm ----------------------------------- Judging by the title, I got excited and thought someone was asking how to use "get" as a function, rather than a cruddy keyword, so you can do things like put get or name = get Well, to answer your question, you need to add a .. after the put line: var age : string put "How old are you? " .. get age ----------------------------------- TokenHerbz Tue May 02, 2006 6:58 pm ----------------------------------- aha, unless me means to use the put and get on the same line in the CODE which i dont do but... put "Get text: " .. get text ----------------------------------- TokenHerbz Tue May 02, 2006 7:03 pm ----------------------------------- you can make lines of code on a line, but i dont reccomend doing this at all, because its sloppy, and confusing: Bad way: var text: string put "Get text: " .. get text put text Better way: var text: string put "get text:" .. %%these two ..'s allow the line to be joined by other things get text put text ex: of joining output to make it one line on screen, like cervantes said.. put "Part 1 " .. put "Part 2 " .. put "Part 3" ----------------------------------- Clayton Tue May 02, 2006 8:43 pm ----------------------------------- out of curiosity Cervantes, what do you mean using get as a function, i didnt think that was possible.... ----------------------------------- do_pete Tue May 02, 2006 8:56 pm ----------------------------------- It's not possible. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Tue May 02, 2006 9:09 pm ----------------------------------- It's not possible. Why not? fcn get_s : string var str : string get str :* result str end get_s put get_s ----------------------------------- Clayton Tue May 02, 2006 9:33 pm ----------------------------------- but why would you do that, i mean, what is the purpose of such a fcn? ----------------------------------- do_pete Tue May 02, 2006 9:45 pm ----------------------------------- "]It's not possible. Why not? fcn get_s : string var str : string get str :* result str end get_s put get_sNo, I meant get can't be used like this:a := get ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Tue May 02, 2006 10:37 pm ----------------------------------- No, I meant get can't be used like this:a := get fcn get_s : string var str : string get str :* result str end get_s var a : string a := get_s :? ----------------------------------- do_pete Tue May 02, 2006 10:42 pm ----------------------------------- No I mean the get you use in this:get acannot be used like this:a := get ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Tue May 02, 2006 10:48 pm ----------------------------------- Ah, I see. Well, yeah, that's because get is created that way internally. That doesn't stop you from simulating a get() function, as I believe Cervantes was trying to say. ----------------------------------- upthescale Wed May 03, 2006 5:11 pm ----------------------------------- locate is an option to... put"What is your name?" locate(1,20) get name ----------------------------------- do_pete Wed May 03, 2006 5:26 pm ----------------------------------- Or you could just do it Cervantes' way since it's much easier. ----------------------------------- Cervantes Sat May 06, 2006 1:03 pm ----------------------------------- Gandalf's got it. That's what I was geting at do_pete, you're not seeing the power of using a gets type call as a function. Say I was doing Martin's function is_valid_roman_numeral (s : string) : boolean % Compute! end is_valid_roman_numeral Now, how would I call it? Using get as a keyword, I have no choice but to use a temporary variable that really doesn't serve any purpose whatsoever: var temp : string get temp put is_valid_roman_numeral (temp) However, if I use a get as a function (like Gandalf has done), then I don't have to create a useless variable, and I can shrink the program call to one line: put is_valid_roman_numeral (get) Much nicer, yes? ----------------------------------- NikG Sun May 07, 2006 8:53 pm ----------------------------------- "]fcn get_s : string var str : string get str :* result str end get_s var a : string a := get_s However, if I use a get as a function (like Gandalf has done), then I don't have to create a useless variable, and I can shrink the program call to one line: put is_valid_roman_numeral (get) How exactly are you avoiding creating a "useless" variable? Gandalf's function still has to create a temp var (str) to get the input. ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Sun May 07, 2006 9:37 pm ----------------------------------- Yes, which is a limitation of you creating the function in a language which doesn't allow for it beforehand. The difference is that you are not creating the variable in your actual code, but inside the scope of the function. It allows for more flexible and simple code than if you had used the get keyword as is demonstrated by code such as: put is_valid_roman_numeral (get)