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[magicman]

Im making a text base game, and im asking if something is ok, and of corse its in an if statement, something like..

code:

if ans="y"|ans="Y" then %it will continue the game. end if if ans="n"|ans="N" then %it will go to the begining. end if

so what do i do?

[Cervantes]

Good thing you posted that code, or I would have had NO idea what you were asking about.
Put your program in a loop. If no, then exit. Otherwise, you continue.

[magicman]

all right, thanks

[Delos]

I did not know one could use pipe as an or operator. Interseting...

[magicman]

what are you talking about "pipe"?? are you talking about this thing "|"

[magicman]

i also have another delema,

code:

put "There is a,"     put "Equipment Shop (N)"     put "Bar (E)"     put "Galactic Police (S)"     put "Apartments (W)"     put "Jedi Academy (NE)"     get ans     delay (500)     cls     if ans = "n"| ans = "N" then         put "What do you want you ", race, "??"         put "(B)uy"         put "(E)xit"         get ans         if ans = "b"| ans = "B" then         elsif ans = "e"| ans = "E" then             exit         end if end if

i want it to, when ans="e", that it will go back to the

code:

put "There is a,"     put "Equipment Shop (N)"     put "Bar (E)"     put "Galactic Police (S)"     put "Apartments (W)"     put "Jedi Academy (NE)"     get ans

part. how can i do that?

[Bacchus]

Stick that part in a loop.
As for the pipe -->|, yes it can be used as 'or' the same as & can be used as 'and'. I'm surprised you didn't know that...

[Delos]

I'm not omniscient you know .

As for your dilema, magicman, I would highly recommend looking into procedures. You will find that once you're able to box up bits of your code, everything will flow a lot smoother.

[Cervantes]

Delos wrote:

I'm not omniscient you know .

Well, you were a newbe God at one point. Maybe you shouldn't have given that up!

The other way to look at this is to have a variable store the player's location. This way, you just have one loop and one if .. elsif .... end if statement.

code:

loop %main loop   if player.location = "weapon shop " then     %options.  Would be good to proceduralize this     %buy, sell, talk   elsif player.location = "bar" then     %buy drinks, talk   elsif player.location = "live8" then     player.fun = "very yes"   end if end loop

[Delos]

And of course that construct itself can be boxed up as well! You might even want to make a dynamic construct that is similar to that! It would be rather challenging though - making a procedure that gives a variable number of options to choose from and reacts differently depending on the chosen response...
It's possible though, using the all-powerful flexiblie array!

Newbe God. Keep that ?! Umm...no thanks. I like my current rank much better .

[magicman]

its been awhile, what are procedures... i never realy got them, when i got taught them...

[Cervantes]

Click!

[MysticVegeta]

Bacchus wrote:

Stick that part in a loop.
As for the pipe -->|, yes it can be used as 'or' the same as & can be used as 'and'. I'm surprised you didn't know that...

I didnt know that either, i thought it worked only for C++, by the way, just for my stupidity, which key types the "pipe"?

[Cervantes]

Shift + \. In and around the backspace and enter/return buttons.

It's also in Java.

[magicman]

so will procedures work for the monsters also?? on what my friends say, is that i might not, but i dont know.