----------------------------------- Velocity Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:05 pm im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- var player1, player2, play1, gender1, gender2 : string var word1, word2, word3, word4, word5 : int var stream : int var wordList : flexible array 1 .. 20 of string var declare : int var choices : string var p1, p2 : string var first, second : string View.Set ("graphics:700;800") % procedure torso drawfillbox (300, 350, 350, 540, 121) end torso % procedure head drawfilloval (325, 600, 60, 70, 48) end head %still working on finishing procedure rightArm %drawfillbox (,91) end rightArm %till here, and the rest of the body parts procedure choice1 var choice : string (1) locate (30, 10) put "Press any key to continue..." getch (choice) cls end choice1 % procedure playgame colorback (91) color (48) cls if gender1 = "m" or gender1 = "M" then put "Welcome to the game Mr. ", player1 elsif gender1 = "f" or gender1 = "F" then put "Welcome to the game Ms. ", player1 end if % if gender2 = "m" or gender2 = "M" then put "Welcome to the game Mr. ", player2 elsif gender2 = "f" or gender2 = "F" then put "Welcome to the game Ms. ", player2 end if % open : stream, "WordList.txt", get loop exit when eof (stream) get : stream, wordList (upper (wordList)) new wordList, upper (wordList) + 1 end loop % put "The computer is now generating your word." declare := Rand.Int (1, 20) put wordList (declare) put "Who will be choosing a letter first? Please specify what version of Turing you are using 4.1.1a It says it the variable has no value + bits to answerer/helper asap please and karma! ----------------------------------- Velocity Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:41 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- anyone?? please. still want to know. ----------------------------------- Insectoid Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:45 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- It says it the variable has no value Well, there's your problem. Turing told you what you did wrong. Try reading the error messages and figuring out what they mean. Also, this isn't a syntax error. It's a logic error. ----------------------------------- Aange10 Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:45 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- You forgot the part where you tell us what you've tried. ----------------------------------- ttm Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:57 pm Re: im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- I believe it's because your wordList array already has an initial size of 20, but when you read new values, you increase its size. Try changing line 4 of your program to read: [code] var wordList : flexible array 1 .. 1 of string [/code] ----------------------------------- ttm Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:03 pm Re: im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- Also, you forgot to set values for your first and second variables. From the looks of it, you can set them to pretty much anything. [code] var first : string := "aoeuidhtns-" var second : string := "etaoinshrdlcu" [/code] ----------------------------------- Velocity Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:01 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- ttm you gave me the best answer ever!!! Thank you so much! I love you. ----------------------------------- Raknarg Tue Nov 29, 2011 12:47 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- I think it still make make it a problem if the wordList is 1 .. 1, try changing it to 1 .. 0 (aka an array with no elements to begin with) ----------------------------------- ttm Tue Nov 29, 2011 4:12 pm Re: im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- Nope. In his code, he assigns before expanding the array, so there must be 1 blank spot first. See: [code] loop exit when eof (stream) get : stream, wordList (upper (wordList)) new wordList, upper (wordList) + 1 end loop [/code] ----------------------------------- Raknarg Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:28 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- Why doesnt he resize it first and then assign it? He probably shouldnt have more elements than he's going to use. ----------------------------------- ttm Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:42 pm Re: im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- 1 extra element isn't going to make a difference. Also no @Velocity, no prob :P ----------------------------------- Velocity Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:25 am RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- @ttm :) @raknarg i want to add the fact to allow the user to choose a letter in the word and if they get it right it pops up in a blank line of the word, like any other hangman game, how would i go about doing this? ----------------------------------- Dragon20942 Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:14 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- Use an array to store each letter of the word, then check if any of the indexes are the guessed letter using a for loop. ----------------------------------- Velocity Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:57 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- what do you mean by "check if any of the indexes are the guessed letter" - how would i go about donig that? ----------------------------------- Aange10 Wed Nov 30, 2011 11:25 pm Re: RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- what do you mean by "check if any of the indexes are the guessed letter" - how would i go about donig that? [code] if index = guessedLetter then end if [/code] ----------------------------------- Dragon20942 Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:37 pm RE:im having a syntax error (please run the program and you will see it. ----------------------------------- Read about arrays. An index of an array is the value in brackets after the array name which specifies what value in the array you are calling.