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cguy

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 05:11

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I'm trying to use functions more often and decided to try to make one so that if the word "stop" was found in any part of a users input, the program would end.

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set display mode 1280,800,16

set text font "ariel"
set text size 22

do
cls
   text 0,80,"User>>"
   set cursor 70,80 : input user_input$

   user_input$=lower$(user_input$)

   if check("stop")=1 then end
loop

function check(word1$)
occurances=find sub string$(user_input$,word1$)
if occurances>0 then num=1
endfunction num

The idea was that the function would return a 1 if the word was found, but not only did thhat not happen, I got a message that said "DarkBASIC Pro Project has stopped working" and my program was forced to exit. Any help with this?

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BMacZero

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 05:15

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I believe the font is "arial", not "ariel". That might crash it. If that isn't it, there's something wrong with the FIND SUB STRING$ command.

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cguy

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 05:45

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You certainly are right about the font being "arial", but for some reason, it works if you type in "ariel". Huh...that's interesting. Anyway, that's not the problem. Like you said, the source of the problem is most likely line 17, with the FIND SUB STRING$ command. If you take it out, the program runs. If it was a syntax error on my part, though, the program would not have compiled at all. I'll tweak it a bit and see what happends. Thanks BMacZero!

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Grog Grueslayer

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 07:12 Edited at: 31st Jul 2009 07:13

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It's because user_input$ = "" inside the function because it's not set to global.

Add this line to the top:

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global user_input$

If you don't want to do that you can just add the string to the function call:

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set display mode 1280,800,16

set text font "ariel"
set text size 22



do
cls
   text 0,80,"User>>"
   set cursor 70,80 : input user_input$

   user_input$=lower$(user_input$)

   if check(user_input$,"stop")=1 then end
loop

function check(Tex$,word1$)
 occurances=find sub string$(Tex$,word1$)
 if occurances>0 then num=1
endfunction num

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cguy

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 07:47 Edited at: 31st Jul 2009 09:53

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Thanks, Grog for answering me so late. I was supicious of my problem having to do with global commands. I don't have much experience with that

I have another question. Can you use arrays while declaring functions in place of just variables? For example:

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function testfunction(array$(1))

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 10:19

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Np.

No, but arrays are global automatically so if you want to use an array inside the function you don't have to pass it to the function.

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 20:03

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Yeah, I was afraid of that. Thanks again.

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 20:24

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Quote: "'I was afraid of that'"

That is an odd phrasing for a feature that I see as a huge plus for DBPro. My functions can alter the huge array of enemies, or huge array of objects, or plot, dialogue etc.etc. without having to worry about passing the whole array to the function, or passing a pointer etc.

I may be in a minority here, but I prefer arrays being global!

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Posted: 31st Jul 2009 20:30

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Well, it would be nice to have the capability of making local arrays - and if you want a global array, all you would have to do is declare it as global:

global DIM Array(10)

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Posted: 1st Aug 2009 04:22 Edited at: 1st Aug 2009 04:23

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I think he means he's disappointed that we can't dimentionalize an array while defining a function.

Arrays are naturally global by default but you can localize an array using LOCAL inside the function that will produce an error if you try to access an array outside the function that made the array LOCAL. You can localize an array that is already used but it's probably a bad idea to do it (but it works).

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` Dimentionalize and arrays
dim Num(4)
dim AnotherNum(4)

` Define Num(0)
Num(0)=99999999
AnotherNum(0)=88888888

` Call the test function
Test()

print "Outside Function"
print ""
` Go through each element
for t=0 to array count(Num())
 ` Show the numbers
 print "       Num("+str$(t)+") = "+str$(Num(t))
 print "AnotherNum("+str$(t)+") = "+str$(AnotherNum(t))
next t

wait key
end


function Test()

 ` Redimentionalize array as local
 local dim Num(4)

 print "Inside Function"
 print ""
 ` Go through each element
 for t=0 to array count(Num())
  ` Set Num(xx) and AnotherNum(xx) to random numbers
  if t>0
   Num(t)=rnd(10000)
   AnotherNum(t)=rnd(10000)
  endif
  ` Show the number
  print "       Num("+str$(t)+") = "+str$(Num(t))
  print "AnotherNum("+str$(t)+") = "+str$(AnotherNum(t))
 next t

 print ""
 print ""

endfunction

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Posted: 1st Aug 2009 04:59

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Quote: "I think he means he's disappointed that we can't dimentionalize an array while defining a function.
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Exactly

@ everyone
This is a bunch of useful info. Thanks so much. I'm beginning to really like functions. They are maing my life so much eaiser.

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