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The 20 Line Challenge / What is a command?

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fasdfsdaf
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I was just wondering what is considered a command. Is:

if a = 1 or b = 2

two commands? or just one? Is a command anything that is between two ":"'s?

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Atreides
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hmm.. I think there is only one command : a condition... But I'm far not sure of it.
another similar question would be how many commands are there in "rgb(rnd(255), rnd(255), rnd(255))". I usually count is as four commands, but who knows ?

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How many commands would this be considered?:



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I'd say four. I see a command as a word or combination that makes the computer do or check something.

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so,you could have 10,000 endif's in a 20 liner, and 25 "actions" and it would be legal?

See, I'm trying to make a program for this compotition, but I don't know what should be put on a single line.

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With the 20 liner a line is a line with code on it, any code. The best thing you can do is stack anything and everything possible, like all you startup stuff; sync on:hide mouse:sync rate 30 or whatever.

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I would be impressed if you managed to fit 10000 endifs in twenty lines along with the rest of your code

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I wonder if we can get the commands that return a value excluded from the command limit. So commands like rgb(), rnd() or timer will be ignored in the count.

I mean, look at the box command. Every time I use it, I use four rgb commands, and sometimes screen width() and screen height() too. That's alot of commands for one gradient box!

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Aura! Have you learnt nothing!

You need to code wize, my young padwan.

Things such as declaring a variable equal to Screen width() ensures you only use it once, and use Ink instead of four RGB commands!

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It's degrading for boxes to use so few a command between their brackets. They have rights too you know.

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Posted: 1st Apr 2005 19:57 Edited at: 1st Apr 2005 20:05
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Interestingly when we were young, we were taught that there are differences between commands, (internal) functions, and statements (well, and directives). So from that background, the line

would contain 1 command, namely "sleep". "If/Endif" would be a statement block, "end" a statement, "object exist()" and "keystate()" would be internal functions.

Apperantly these days it's all a bit blurred.


Edit: got it a bit mixed up. Well it's early.


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i count it as one complete code statement.
any thing that can't be on the same line as something
else unless there is a ':' between it, because the compiler
would give an error.

if x=1 inc x endif
simply wouldn't work.
if x=1
inc x
endif
or
if x=1:inc x:endif
both work, and both count as 3 commands.

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