questions about string(1) converting

[yawam]

hi guys
im new to turing, so today im just trying to play around with the codes

and i found a problem (which i dont know what's goin on and how to solve it :f)


here's the codes

var number : string(1)
get mumber
put number

it does work when you run it
[b]but once you enter a negative number, it wont run properly anymore, it wont return the input[/b]
it turns out to be "input string is too large for the string varibale"
so, how can i get a negative number work in string? or how can i convert a string type negative number to interger type?

btw..this is what i got when i try to convert a string type negative to interger...\\\
"string passed to strrint is not correct format"

please help out here :\

[copthesaint]

Gee MUMBERS are pretty hard arnt they?

[Zren]

xD Mumbers.

Anyways
get will put the entire input string into the variable you give. The string number has room for only one character. Since negative numbers will essentially need two chracteracters "-" and "7". This breaks numbers.

You don't need to place an upper limit on numbers. You only need to do this when you use getch().

[yawam]

copthesaint @ Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:59 pm wrote:

Gee MUMBERS are pretty hard arnt they?

lol..my bad..

[Zren]

Uhg >.< I like to post-edit too much. Doesn't work when people answer like the lightning king.

Removing the upper limit should work for numbers with <1024 characters. . . I think your good.

Not sure whats'up with your negative numbers. They seem to work. Anyways, you might want to check your string input before converting with strintok(String)?

Turing:

var line:string var num:int get line if strintok(line) then     num := strint(line) else     num := 0 end if put num

[yawam]

@Zren thank you for yor responding xd

but what if i do need to use it with getch()

how can it work? im confused><

[Zren]

Why do you need to use it with getch()? getch() is more so used for creating your own user input model (or a simple, press any key to continue method). I can further explain getch() and get if your fully interested.

You can still use get to get strings of 1 character, 2 characters, 3... etc. The whole point of get is to get a string of undetermined size. It itself does the whole looping of getch and printing it to the screen to give the user feedback to what he's entering into the field.

[yawam]

yeah..i know

just try to figure out how it works lol

is there anyway that i can ..ehm.for example

i enter -445 as STRING(1）type
how can i convert it to INTERGER?

[Zren]

String(1) cant hold 4 characters. "-", "4", "4", "5". String(1) only has room for 1 character.
String(16) can hold 16 characters.
String can hold the default maximum characters (which is 1024 I think).

Read the example above for code referring to String -> Integer.

[yawam]

i tried it befor didnt work out so well
i guees it's some other parts of the program that doesnt work or something

thank you anyway.XD

[copthesaint]

Simplest programing on the face of the planet, GOD! I wish java was this easy.

Turing:

View.Set ("Graphics,offscreenonly,nobuttonbar") var s : string := "" loop     if hasch then         s := s + getchar         Input.Flush         delay (100)     end if     put s     View.Update     cls end loop

The only difference between getch () and getchar. getch in turing is a "procedure" and getchar is "function", because in turing, procedures only take values, while functions take and give values.