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AppGameKit Classic Chat / [BUG?] Can't populate arrays on declaration within a function

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Scraggle
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Posted: 19th Dec 2016 08:16
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Hey,

Try this:

I would expect that to print the number 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 but instead I get five zeros.
However, if you make stuff global then it woks as expected but that makes no sense!
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Fluorescent
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Posted: 19th Dec 2016 08:57
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I found the same thing a while back, https://forum.thegamecreators.com/thread/217006 and as blink0k mentions in the last post
blinkOk wrote: "Initializing arrays when they are defined within a function does not work. you have to manually initialize the array"

will solve your problem I think.
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Scraggle
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Posted: 19th Dec 2016 09:28
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Thanks, but I wasn't looking for a work-around. I've already got one of those as you can see from the global command.
I was pointing out a bug within AppGameKit that requires fixing.
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damothegreat
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Posted: 19th Dec 2016 11:08
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Does this work in the older AppGameKit version(s)

If it did work, then bug in this new update

If no then maybe @Paul could answer why it was chosen to not work programmatically as a rule in AGK

I think it does require @Paul to investigate in anyway

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Paul Johnston
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Posted: 19th Dec 2016 23:48
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Fixed for the next version. Global arrays are created as soon as the app starts, even if they are defined in a function. But local arrays are created on the stack when the function gets called, and they weren't setting their default values properly in that case.
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