My Newbish Game

[PHP God]

I'm making a game where the user is prompted to select a character then select some starting coordinates and use the WSAD keys to move it around. Here is my code thus far (note it is not complete)

code:

% The Moving Program %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %      Variables      % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% var moveChar:string (1) var dirSel:string (1) var winStatus:int:=Window.Open ("fullscreen") var yesOrNo:string (1) var xStart:int var yStart:int var anyKey:string (1) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %      Procedures     % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% procedure moveUp  if xStart=1   then sound (1000,100)  elsif xStart=maxrow   then sound (1000,100)  end if  xStart:= xStart+1 end moveUp %procedure moveDown %procedure moveLeft %procedure moveRight %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %       Program       % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% loop put "There are ",maxrow," rows on this screen." put "There are ",maxcol," columns on this screen." put "" put "You can chose a character and move it anywhere in these boundaries with this program." put "" put "Select You Character :: "..  getch (moveChar) cls loop put "You have chosen to use ",moveChar,"." put "" put "Is this correct? (Y/N) :: "..  getch (yesOrNo)   if yesOrNo = "y" then    exit   elsif yesOrNo = "n" then    exit   else put ""        put "Invalid Input"   end if     cls   end loop  if yesOrNo = "y"   then exit  end if  cls end loop loop cls  put "Choose the starting coordinates for your character"  put ""   loop    put "Choose an x value between 1 and ",maxrow,"."     get xStart      if xStart > maxrow then       put "Value is too high"       put ""      elsif xStart < 1 then       put "Value is too low"       put ""      else exit      end if   end loop   loop  put ""  put "Choose a y value between 1 and ",maxcol,"."   get yStart        if yStart > maxcol then       put "Value is too high"       put ""      elsif yStart < 1 then       put "Value is too low"       put ""      else exit      end if   end loop   exit end loop setscreen ("nocursor") cls put "" put " CONTROLS" put " ===============" put " W - Move Up" put " S - Move Down" put " A - Move Left" put " D - Move Right" put "" put " X - Quit" put "" put " Press Any Key To Start The Game..."  getch (anyKey)   cls loop  cls   locate (xStart,yStart)   put moveChar  getch (dirSel)   if dirSel = "w"    then moveUp   elsif dirSel = "s"    then moveDown   elsif dirSel = "a"    then moveLeft   elsif dirSel = "d"    then moveRight   elsif dirSel = "x"    then exit end loop

If you will examine the code at the very bottom

code:

if dirSel = "w"    then moveUp   elsif dirSel = "s"    then moveDown   elsif dirSel = "a"    then moveLeft   elsif dirSel = "d"    then moveRight

You will see I have used if statements and depending on input, I am trying to call a procedure. when I try to run my program, it says that moveUp and all the others are not declared, well. At the top I declared moveUp and I'm stuck.

How do you call a procedure after a THEN statement?

[Tony]

you'd have to read a tutorial on procedures and fuctions, it might help out with examples.

a quick guess is that procedures need to have parameters, even if you dont pass any values to it. Such as

code:

procedure something() put "blah" end something

notice that () in the procedure name. You might need to have it. Check tutorial for examples, its the best way to find errors - compare to working code

[Catalyst]

no, you dont need to do that in turing (ur prob thinking of c++)
you can have something like

code:

procedure move put "Hello" end move

ne way the the only errors i get r concerning the other move procs not moveUp

also turing may have caught this but

code:

procedure moveUp if xStart=1   then sound (1000,100) elsif xStart=maxrow   then sound (1000,100) end if

is never ended

it shoudl be more like

code:

procedure moveUp if xStart=1   then sound (1000,100) elsif xStart=maxrow   then sound (1000,100) end if end moveUp

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[Tony]

ah yes... since you commented other procedures out, turing doesnt know what to call.

also it seems you dont have "end if" in there

[Prince]

its cus u hav the procedures moveDown, moveLeft and moveRight as comments (wit the % in front)... plus ders no code for it to b run in the first place

[Prince]

nuts, u wer too quick for me tony ... lol

[PHP God]

I know some are comments but moveUp isn't so it should work. my question was just in case you are illiterate, how do i call a procedure after a then statement?

[Tony]

just put its name there

code:

procedure hi put "hi" end hi hi %<- this calls the procedure

[Prince]

think of it this way... if it worked wit one procedure (moveUp) wouldnt it click that doin the same thing would work wit all other procedures

*note* : its times like this i agree wit tony's sig

[PHP God]

look

heres an example.

I have a bunch of ifs/elsifs

if this = that
then run
if black = white
then jump[/b
end if

notice the big red bolded ones? yeah, they are procedure name's we'll say, the procedures are all written and it doesn't matter what they say cuz thats not the point.

notice how i put the procedure name after [b]then?

well it won't run the procedur evn if the if's imply it should.