[Tutorial] LOOPs and FOR loops

[evildaddy911]

is there any other way to make

Turing:

for i:1..infinity end for

other than

Turing:

var count:int count:=0 loop count:=count+1 %code% end loop

[Aange10]

Well, I'm pretty sure infinity, even for a dynamic array is impossible (hence the maxint command). Though I could be wrong (floating points or some other mumbo jumbo I don't know a lot about.)


But to answer your question, yes. They are called flexible arrays. For an explanation, please read Arrays. Note that it has three different tutorials in the one page. (Arrays, Multi-Dementional arrays, and flexible arrays.) The posts are just separated.


Also, please check the time stamps on these topics. The last post was in 2005. Resurrecting a 6 year old topic is generally looked down upon.

[Tony]

evildaddy911 @ Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:03 pm wrote:

is there any other way to make

Turing:

for i:1..infinity end for

Sure. How about

code:

for j:2..infinity    i := j - 1    ... end

For some value of "infinity". What are you _trying_ to do?

@Aange10 -- not sure where arrays came from.

[Aange10]

Tony @ 17/10/2011, 3:58 pm wrote:

@Aange10 -- not sure where arrays came from.

Ahh, oops. Sorry, I though he said array, not for

[evildaddy911]

im trying to put a counter on my game so that every 10 seconds or so you can do a special attack, but i think ill stick to the

Turing:

var counter:int counter:=0 loop counter:=counter+1 <code> if counter>=1000 then <special attack> end if end loop

[Aange10]

That can be done. If you need help please post in the help section.

[Zren]

Don't forget to reset counter after a special attack. Otherwise it's just a wait period from the start of the game.

Also, I suggest dealing in Time, not a frame counter.

The specific term for what you're wanting is called a cooldown.

Turing:

% Time between attacks. In milliseconds. var cooldown := 10 * 1000 % Time last attack occured % Initialized as a negative so we can attack right at the start. var lastAttack := -cooldown loop     var now := Time.Elapsed     if now - lastAttack >= cooldown then % Check cooldown         put "Hadoken"         lastAttack := now     end if end loop

If your framerate is fixed, then it should be fine to substitute a frame count instead.