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Night Giant

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Posted: 28th Jan 2004 06:32

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hey all,
can someone explain to me how to use types in DB, i heard you could if you were using darkedit for your ide. i know what a type is, and how to use them in c++, but i would just like to know the syntax in db. thankx.

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indi

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Posted: 28th Jan 2004 07:29

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depending on what version you have theres a readme file thats sitting right next to the executable and guess what!? it has info on that subject.

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* Implemented TYPEs pre-processor Format:

      TYPE player_info
         x,y,name$
         inventory#(10)
      ENDTYPE

      DIMTYPE player_info,player,enemies(20)

      PRINT player.name$
      PRINT enemies(15).inventory#(2)

Notes: DIMTYPES can only be single variables or single dimension arrays. Elements within a TYPE definition can be up to FOUR dimensions.

All elements are global.

The pre-processor will not catch the following error:

      TYPE t1
         v(20)
      ENDTYPE
      DIMTYPE t1, instance

      instance.v(10,10) = 0 : rem An extra dimension added!

However, DarkBASIC *WILL* complain about the extra dimension. For speed, the pre-processor doesn't try to parse what comes after the paren in elements.

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Posted: 29th Jan 2004 05:47

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ah, heh heh. thx, i didn't even think to look there. doh!

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