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zxretrosoft
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Posted: 10th Mar 2016 11:44 Edited at: 10th Mar 2016 12:16
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Hello all,
I have 2-dimensional array.

E.g.
Global Dim a[17,12]

And now I want to manually populate data.

In the documentation of the AGK2 is an example, which is not very convenient.


There is a better way?
When I'll have a big array, so it will be terrible ...

In classic Basic there are DATA-READ commands. There is something in the AGK2? Thanks!
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BatVink
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Posted: 10th Mar 2016 14:13
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Where is your data coming from? I guess you do not plan to hard-code a long series of values. Are you generating the numbers in code? Reading them from a file?
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Posted: 10th Mar 2016 14:27
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Thank you.
No file. Normally manually enter values into the array. Exactly how's example.
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Posted: 10th Mar 2016 16:17
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My personal opinion is that you should not hard-code the values in your program. It makes it very hard to modify, and if you have an error after publishing, you have to recompile and deliver the full executable again. I would recommend using a text file to populate your array. You code would then look something like this, simplified...

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Posted: 10th Mar 2016 20:48 Edited at: 10th Mar 2016 20:53
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My advice is to take mr vinks advice and use a file. If you insist on using a definition then you could do something like this;


Some things to watch out for;
DO NOT USE DIM Read this http://www.appgamekit.com/documentation/guides/12_array_changes.htm. I didn't and now they call me dim
You need to download and install Version 2.0.18 or it will not work
All arrays begin with index zero. When you define an array, say arr[10], the 10 refers to the LAST element not the number of elements
AGK will reduce the length of your array to the number of elements you define
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zxretrosoft
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Posted: 11th Mar 2016 06:55
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Thank you guys!
blink0k, Yes, this is exactly it. But it does not work in AppGameKit 2.16 in AppGameKit 2.18 everything it's OK.
Thank you.
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Regarding of the good practice of not hard-coding variable values,

I noticed in a lot of games, like Minecraft and Skyrim, the had text files which stores variables along with its variable name, for example



How do we make the program read the values of the variables if they are written like that (variable name with values)?

So far I only put in the values of the variable in text files, and not the variable names.

Is there an easy way to read variable values if they are written like the above?
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Posted: 18th Mar 2016 22:55
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You'll be needing this drop-in module with tutorial...

http://tutcity.devink.co.uk/agk-parameter-driven-apps/
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Posted: 19th Mar 2016 03:36
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That's really useful, thanks.

By the by, is there any way to do these 'parameters' loading and exporting in DBPro?
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Posted: 19th Mar 2016 14:17
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The code would essentially be the same. The commands just need converting.
If you have Matrix1 utils I think it contains the old Windows ini file commands too.
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Alright, thanks, I'll check the Matrix1 utils plugin.
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