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Can someone help me with data arrays, how would they be used in an rpg and what are they used for....?
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Posted: 13th Nov 2003 22:01
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well, lets say you wanted to store a characters stats:

dim charstats$(3,1)
charstats$(1,1)="Sword"
charstats$(2,1)="Dodge"
etc.

then you can save the array and recall them

hope i helped,

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Sorta, cud someone describe in more detail......plz?
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you really want to be looking into using User defined Types, then arraying the type. This is a good hierarchy for rpg games imho.

psuedo code

Type Player
intHitPoints as integer
intSpeed as integer
strWeapon as string
End Type

Dim Players(10) as Player

now you have 11 players all carrying the same underlying structure of hitpoint, speed, weapon. remember this is psuedo code. you make your type hold all the bits you need for a full character - this is just an example

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Think I get it.....Soz if im acting slow just new to me. Could someone give me an example of an array?
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above is your array Players()

so players(0).intHitPoints=whatever

but is different from

players(1).intHitPoints=whatever

each item in the array (defined by the Index value in the () )
differentiates which item you are referring to.

hope that helps. Maybe someone will give the long answer - sorry I am being a little brief - I am in the middle of a coding nightmare here (for work) and can only check in briefly here and there. If no one else helps I will come back at some point and give the full version - sorry

guys?

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thanks
can somene give me any links to explain this?
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help!
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try this

You cant do it if you try
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