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Rye
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Posted: 31st May 2003 23:32
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I need to make an array with a name that i have just inputed into Name$

this command

DIM Name$(10)

doesn't work as it thinks the array is called "Name$"

Can anyone think of another way of doing this???
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The Darthster
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Posted: 31st May 2003 23:35
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What exactly do you want to do with the name? Why are you putting it into an array rather than just a variable?

DIM Name$(10)
makes an array called name$, which will hold 10 strings.

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Rye
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Posted: 31st May 2003 23:43
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i know that.

I want it to make an array named whatever i just inputed.so if i inputed Rye then i would like it to do this:-

Dim Rye(10)

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andrew11
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Posted: 31st May 2003 23:59 Edited at: 31st May 2003 23:59
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You can't DIM an array from another variable, sorry.

Just use the same variable.

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the_winch
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Unfortunatly you can't do that in darkbasic. I have only seen it possible in one other language.

You will have to do what you where doing in another way.
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Rye
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i know thats why i asked if anyone knew another way

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Washington_Irving
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Whats the thought behind the array name as a variable? do you not know how many arrays your program will need at runtime?

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Rye
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its so that in my game when a user creats a house he/she also creates an array with all the info about object positions in the house. Each house would need its own array and therefore a uniqe name for that array. My idea was to have the name created from info about the player and the location of the house. so:-

name$="house"+"user number"+"cell that house is in"
(obviously numbers will have to be converted to text.)

But can anyone think of how to make a "Fake" array???????

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JamesBlond
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You could create a single array (eg. dim houses(a,b)) were the first dimension (a) is the house number and the second dimension (b) holds all the data for that house. When another house is built you simply add more elements to the array with array insert at bottom (or top).

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Rye
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Posted: 2nd Jun 2003 23:13
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Damn it

Its so simple. My brain doent do simple things. I cant even do my times tables. Yet i can differentiate and intergrate trig equations.

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