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AppGameKit Classic Chat / How do I position an integer?

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Kobaltic
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Posted: 24th Nov 2013 02:43
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I want to display an integer. If I use a print I can't seem to position it where I want it on the screen. If i convert it to text then it doesn't update the text on the screen. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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Posted: 24th Nov 2013 03:09
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You should create a text object, then pass the integer to it as a string using Str(). See below:



This will position an integer value at (50, 50) and will update the integer when you click the mouse or tap your finger on the screen. There are also text alignment options that can be used as needed.
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Zwarteziel
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Posted: 24th Nov 2013 03:13 Edited at: 24th Nov 2013 03:16
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Are you using the CreateText command with an integer converted to a string? i.e.:



If so, you'll need to either update the string or delete it and re-create it when your integer updates. You can use the SetTextString and DeleteText-commands to do this.

edit: realized you should be able to update a string as well.
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Kobaltic
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Posted: 24th Nov 2013 03:42
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Thanks I just had to add the setTextString to the update and now it is working good. Thanks again.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 24th Nov 2013 23:14
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When debugging, I often like to print a lot of stuff to the screen here and there. It's very annoying to have to create new text objects and manually update their string values every time I want to output a variable. So I wrote this:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=205111&b=6

http://zimnox.com
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Kobaltic
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Posted: 1st Dec 2013 03:46
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Thanks for that function. I will look into using it.
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