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Richard_6
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Hello!

Using:
RightArrow=createsprite(loadimage("rightarrow.png"))

How can i get the sprite ID number generated?

I want to use in this function and i will need the ID:

function CheckSpritePressed(Sprite as integer)
Pressed as integer
if GetPointerReleased()
if GetSpriteHitTest(Sprite, getpointerx(), getpointery())
Pressed = 1
else
Pressed = 0
endif
endif
endfunction Pressed

Thanks in advance!!
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RightArrow will be an Interger which will be storing the ID. Calling CheckSpritePressed(RightArrow) will be sufficient.

However, should you want to see the ID for a particular variable, simply do Print(RightArrow).
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RightArrow must also be global, if you want to use it in another function.

global RightArrow as integer
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you should avoid global variables.
maybe here "createsprite(loadimage("rightarrow.png"))" you can use
LoadSprite because else the imageid is lost
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Markus wrote: "you should avoid global variables"


Why?
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Quote: "RightArrow must also be global, if you want to use it in another function."


True, although in this example, RightArrow is not being used in another function so global is not necessary.

Quote: "you should avoid global variables."


Also, why?
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Posted: 6th Feb 2017 13:26 Edited at: 6th Feb 2017 15:33
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Quote: "why?"

Because it is a good advice.
Unless we want everything in a global spaghetti code
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Quote: "Because it is a good advice."

Not necessarily. As with all things, it has its uses. Since we don't have classes, global variables are useful in certain situations.

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It doesn't have to be Spaghetti code. I start all my globals with a lower case "g".
It is more efficient than passing variables to every function, if they are used frequently.
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Posted: 6th Feb 2017 16:46 Edited at: 6th Feb 2017 19:15
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Quote: "why?"

by experience. its difficult to explain in english.
global variables are often used inside a function, you lost overview what arguments get in, they are shared , if you will use the function as template somewhere else
you must search the spread source code in project.
if the function write values into this global variable it can break the logic if other function call write also a value into.
if you call a function for player1 and player2 and they wrote a value into it may result in a conflict.

a real example,
we had a web developer that used global variables for project, order no., order pos. which changed after selecting comboboxes. (designed for single window long ago)
now think what happened if the user open a new window (window 2) , change the comboboxes there and he save the data in the other data collect windows (window 1)
which used global variables. yeahh the supplier collect wrong data. arrrggrgrgr.

next real example if you are using objects.
if you are using global variables for database write access,
if the function which edit data not closing this recordset maybe the database table is unwanted locked or you end up in a deadlock.
would you use a recordset inside the function scope, the object will run through a destructor process.

Quote: "It is more efficient than passing variables to every function"

as well, that is part of optimization solution.
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Thanks everyone. I was curious to know which number the sprite was without declaration and just figured out it starts with 100001. Global or local, I will need to declare, anyway.

Now, about global variables, i think they are valuable in case of using many files. However, the documentation states that go sub and return are not recommended anymore.

After reading all threads I just realized I'm using some global variables inside functions and yes, I agree I should change!
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Quote: "Not necessarily. As with all things, it has its uses. Since we don't have classes, global variables are useful in certain situations."


I'd agree with this and say (as applies to AGK) that the use of ambiguous globals should be avoided, but that globals properly identified and handled through consistent convention can be a very useful tool.

Anything can turn into spaghetti if it isn't laid out clearly or not handled responsibly and consistently.
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I would disagree with making a sprite number global just for sake of using it inside functions. That most definitely should be an ID passed to the function. Too many globals make a less modular design.

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Posted: 7th Feb 2017 16:17 Edited at: 7th Feb 2017 16:23
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Quote: "I would disagree with making a sprite number global just for sake of using it inside functions. That most definitely should be an ID passed to the function. "


Agree here as well. Really, I would use an array/list of id's and pass the array to an update function that runs through all of them in the main loop, with individual management functions to get and set individual states and data.

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Too many globals make a less modular design."


To be honest, the only time I use a global is to expose the public data of a module as a whole, and my modules create a sort of name space by convention. I will have globals for Camera, World, Characters, Animation etc each representing a given module and containing data that needs to be accessed by a number of functions. Functions are likewise namespaced: Camera_update()

I treat these as more an integral component of the application than as a basic variable of ambiguous scope and purpose.

When I type Camera.baseData.posX I know exactly what data I am accessing, and the exact effect that changing it will have at any point in the application. Given this, I don't feel the need to have to pass this around everywhere that might need it, the module name spacing convention is enough for me to manage it responsibly and so I make it global.
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I rebuilt all my functions removing the global vars. Feels better now

There is just one that I can't figure out how to do:


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Thank you, Ortu!
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One quirk of AppGameKit is that arrays are always global.
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Yeah, Richard_6 your original function was correct as A) Arrays are always global, and B) you explicitly declared the array as global anyway: global AllCars as Cars[1]

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Quote: "Arrays are always global,"

i believe only with the old syntax

try this, compiler say its not declared.
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The point of my example is that he was looking for a way to do it without using global

Quote: "One quirk of AppGameKit is that arrays are always global."


Is this still true if the array is part of a type on a non global variable?
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Quote: "local a as test[0]"

You explicitly made it a local! Try it without the local prefix. (However it does demonstrate that by using the LOCAL prefix we can make an array that is not global. (I always forget about this as I don't use the local prefix, as all variables are local within their scope unless explicitly declared global.)

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yo, so it seems not
Quote: "always"

but it should local by default inside a function.
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but it should local by default inside a function"


I'd agree that they should, but they never have been with TGC languages, one of the quirks that people have gotten used to I guess.
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