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dax24
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hi, i have been looking through this code and pretty much understand the mathmatics of the coding but the one think i dont know is the FLOAT command how does this work as i couldnt find it in the dbpro manual or help file?

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Posted: 5th Feb 2004 18:43
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FLOAT defines a type of number eg. an INTEGER is a whole number. Look it up on any wensite to do with programming, it is pretty standard no matter what the language.

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Don't bother with float, use real numbers by declaring them with a # symbol after the variable name; eg: number#=3.141
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Posted: 8th Feb 2004 22:13
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Konrad, that's pretty strict advice, I'd like to hear why you suggested that to dax24 ?

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the_winch
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Posted: 8th Feb 2004 22:40
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The info is a bit hard to locate in the dbpro help files.
Help > main menu > principles > data types and variables.
That help pages refers to floats as reals for some reason.

There is also a tutorial specifically about the data types in dbpro.
http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?f=dbpro_tutorials

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Jonny_S
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Yeh I would like to know aswell, I've always thought as Float and Real being the same (they may take up different amounts of memory im not sure ) This also brings up another point which I never thought about until now what about if you add a '#' to a variable but then declare it as an integer? does it get over written?

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Global Number# as integer

I've personally always used floats but maybe after you explaining why using real numbers is better i'll change

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There is no difference between a real and a float in DBPro.

When you define a variable with a # as an integer, it gets treated as an integer.

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Hamish McHaggis
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Posted: 8th Feb 2004 23:12
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I declare the variable as float in this example (and always) as the editor (Twilight) I use can list the variables that I have declared, so I can see them easily. I can also refer to the code to see the variables. I completely disagree with konrad, it's bad practice not to declare variables.

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Yeh I never used to declare variables, but now I use alot of functions so I always declare them, but I'm straying off topic.

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Posted: 9th Feb 2004 01:19 Edited at: 9th Feb 2004 01:20
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These were the 2 points I was getting at:

from IanM:
Quote: "There is no difference between a real and a float in DBPro.
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from Hamish:
Quote: "I completely disagree with konrad, it's bad practice not to declare variables"


I couldn't agree more and would take these points a slight step further and would say that you should always try and use some form of Hungarian Notation (imho)

intMyVar as Integer
fltMyVar as Float
etc

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