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AppGameKit Classic Chat / AGK multi-dimensional arrays, assigning values shorthand

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ABlantzer
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Hi,

Not sure if this is the correct forum to post this question in, so apologies if it is not. I also searched extensively here and elsewhere for an answer to this question and couldn't turn anything up.

I was wondering if there is a shorthand way for assigning values to a multi-dimensional array.

Right now, I have an array like this:
dim Positions[4,2]
Positions[1,1] = 100
Positions[1,2] = 110
Positions[2,1] = 59
Positions[2,2] = 346
etc.

Is there a shorthand way of doing this? I tried:
dim Positions[4,2] = [[100,110],[59,346], etc ]

But this gave me a compile error. What are my options here?

Many thanks!
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BatVink
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Posted: 7th Aug 2012 12:07
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Are all of these values hard-coded as you have shown here? If they are, then I would save them in a text file and use the file reading commands to load them in, in a loop.

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Hodgey
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Posted: 7th Aug 2012 12:49 Edited at: 7th Aug 2012 12:51
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You can do this:



Edit I should say to carefully note how the array is filled. It may not be filled how you think it is.

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Digital Awakening
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Posted: 7th Aug 2012 12:53
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You can create your own function using a string. But it will be limited, easiest if you are only using a single array.

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Ancient Lady
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ABlantzer, sorry, in Tier 1 there is no shorthand for loading a multi-dimensional array (works fine in Tier 2). But try Hodgey's example and you should be able to figure out the order it gets stored in if you use a single dimension and then you'd be set.

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ABlantzer
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BatVink, they are hardcoded, but there are only a handful of value-pairs so I don't see any point in using an external file. I started out in Perl, so I like multi-functional lines

Hodgey, looks promising! Will try it out.

Ancient Lady, what is Tier 1 vs Tier 2? Sorry, I'm very new to AGK.
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XanthorXIII
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Tier 1 is AppGameKit Basic and Tier 2 is C++. I work in Tier 2 and while its more challenging, you can do stuff that Tier 1 cannot. If you have the time to learn C++ I would highly encourage it. If you just want to get a game going Tier 1 will do the trick as well. But I still would encourage you to learn C++
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ABlantzer
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I'm actually a lot better with C++ than with Basic How do I set up for using C++ in my games? I've looked here:
http://www.appgamekit.com/go-native.php

Where do I find the library agk.h? And where do I find the templates that they mention on that page?
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Hodgey
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Try watching this:



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I think c++ is worth buying from microsoft it cost 500 for professional and less for standard, but I use the schools version of professional which allows tuition to cover development, and it is better then buying c++. I bought 2003 version and still use it today, but finding it is getting outdated.

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Quote: "I think c++ is worth buying from microsoft it cost 500 for professional and less for standard, but I use the schools version of professional which allows tuition to cover development, and it is better then buying c++. I bought 2003 version and still use it today, but finding it is getting outdated."

Visual Studio is crazy expensive if you're not a student or a professional developer. Code::Blocks and the new Dev-C++(not the one on that old-looking site, it takes some searching) are pretty good C++ IDEs with a large user-base and good support. Plus they use GCC, which is the best C++ compiler out there(though Clang and VC++ is catching up).

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Quote: "I think c++ is worth buying from microsoft"

Why buy it? The Visual Studio Express edition is free and works just fine with AGK.

@Dar13, at this time AppGameKit doesn't work with other compilers for Windows compilations. It does use GCC when doing Tier 2 Android compilations.

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