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9lucky

Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:21 am


Pause a loop

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What is it you are trying to achieve?
Pause a loop while my mouse if in a certain location.


What is the problem you are having?
I want to pause a loop when my mouse is a in a certain location.


Describe what you have tried to solve this problem
For example purposes I will use this code:


var x, y, button : int
loop
    cls
    mousewhere (x, y, button)
    if x > 10 and y > 10 and x < 200 and y < 200 then
        drawbox (10, 10, 200, 200, black)
    end if
end loop>


Obviously it will blink the box that it draws because it is looping and cls is at the top. If I wanted to stop the box from blinking I would have to pause the loop, currently I would do this


var x, y, button : int
loop
    cls
    mousewhere (x, y, button)
    
    if x > 10 and y > 10 and x < 200 and y < 200 then
        drawbox (10, 10, 200, 200, black)
        
        loop
        mousewhere (x,y,button)
            if x > 10 and y > 10 and x < 200 and y < 200 then

            else
                exit
            end if
        end loop
    end if
end loop>


This will work fine although when I have a lot of code it can be confusing to read through it all. I was wondering if there mgiht be some sort of command that will pause the loop for me or do something similar to this, if there isn't is there a better way to do it?

Please specify what version of Turing you are using
4.1.0.0


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Insectoid

Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:12 am


RE:Pause a loop

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Nope. But you can put that into a function, so that it looks nicer (which essentially creates a 'pause' command).