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Author:  motrax [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:36 am ]
Post subject:  Loading a saved variation into an include
How is it possible to load a saved variation into an include when the included file is used??
Is it possible to do this?
I have tried the normal line "loadVar $i"
Author:  Singularity [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
You can either pass the variable using:

Code:
setVar $include_filename~variable "blah"
gosub :include_filename~routine
echo $include_filename~return_variable


Or you can use

Code:
saveVar $variable
gosub :include_filename~routine
loadVar $new_variable


The latter will be slower tho, as savevar is passed thru a file.
Author:  motrax [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
Thanks for that....cheers
Author:  motrax [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
Can't get it to work
Test Script:
# Test
#setVar $include_filename~variable "blah"
#gosub :include_filename~routine
#echo $include_filename~return_variable

:var
setVar $var 100
saveVar $var

setVar $include_Test~$vari $var
gosub :Test~routine
echo $include_Test~return_$vari
:back
echo "**" & " Back at Test " & $var "**"
halt

include "include\Test"

Include
#Test Include
:routine
echo $include_Test~return_$vari
#trying the saved one as well
echo $include_Test~return_$var
:back
Echo "**" & " Loaded Variation vari " & $vari & " " & $var & "**"
return
Author:  Singularity [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
If you're including "Test" then it's not going not be $include_Test~vari but rather $test~vari

Notice that there's no $ after the ~, and how the name of the first part, before the ~, is the name of the include file. Also you need to include "include\test.ts" ie: have .ts after the name, too.

When referencing it from within the include, it'll be treated as the normally referenced variable, $vari. You won't have a return_var unless you set one.

So in the include called test.ts all you need to do is echo $vari
Author:  motrax [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
Thanks. I got it to work.....thanks for your patience and clear explanation....
Author:  ElderProphet [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
Glad you got it working... here is another small example.

Say you have an include file called myincludes.ts, and in this include you have a routine called :double that takes an input $input, doubles it, and returns it as $output... then it would look something like this:
Code:
{main.ts}
include myincludes.ts
setVar $someNumber 700
echo "*My number was " $someNumber
# Now lets double it by sending it to our include and calling the routine
setVar $myincludes~input $someNumber
gosub :myincludes~double
setVar $someNumber $myincludes~output
echo "*And now it is doubled: " $someNumber
halt
And now the include routine would look like this:
Code:
{myincludes.ts}
:double
setVar $output ($input * 2)
return


Does that make it clearer how to pass the variable to the include and run the routine in the include?

+EP+
Author:  motrax [ Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
Thanks for the examples EP and Singularity. It is clearer now. Just takes a bit to get my head around some of this programming but I do enjoy playing around with scripts and them having the joy of getting them to work.....sometimes :D BTW. I am playing around with an old Shipcap script of mine. Worked fine to a point. I am working on getting a second wave of figs if the first was unsucessfull.
I get an EOF when it reads the ship files for the second time so I am playing around with an include to divorce the second reading from the first........makes cense to me lol
Author:  Singularity [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
Ah yes.

I pre-cache all of that into an array during load, personally.

For wave count, I assume 0 shields (correcting it if the combat scanner says otherwise) and just attack based on the odds and figcount off a sector scan. After the first wave, I rescan the sector, recalculate and attack again based on the new numbers.

It's a little slower that way (no way to fix that w/o a combat scanner tho), but it will keep firing waves until the ship is captured or I'm out of figs. Add in a way to not attack certain shiptypes (like gbonus stuff) and it works pretty well. Basically it's just a loop.
Author:  motrax [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
When I do the second scan it reads the ship file and comes up with "EOF Ship type not found" (I echo that message) even if the ship type var has been zeroed.. I was going to use an include to do a re-cap routine. I will have a look at an array.....don't understand them but I will study them and give it a go :D
Author:  LoneStar [ Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Loading a saved variation into an include
You should consider using the ReadToarray command. If the name of your Ship-file is: ships.txt. let's pretend it has 3 Lines of text in it: Enterra; Ascian Boat; Red Rum.

Code:
setVar $FILE "C:\ships.txt"

FileExists $tst $FILE
if ($tst = 0)
Echo "**Cannot Find File: " & $FILE & "**"
Halt
end

ReadToArray  $FILE $LIST

Echo "*Number Of Lines In File: " & $LIST

SetVar $IDX 1

while ($IDX <= $LIST)
   Echo "*" & $LIST[$IDX]
   Add $IDX 1
end

$LIST is an array of ROWS (one Row for each Line of Text in the Soruce File), each continaing one line form the Text File: Ships.txt.
Code:
$LIST[1] = "Enterra"
$LIST[2] = "Ascian Boat"
$LIST[3] = "Red Rum"


You should test for the file's existence before using ReadToArray, attempting to load a non-existent file will break your Script.
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