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flashing snall
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Posted: 12th Dec 2006 01:27
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I know this is a dumb question, but how do you get a text command to display a number variable, like health? i tried

but that doesnt work. any ideas?


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Xenocythe
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Posted: 12th Dec 2006 01:45
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You have to use the STR$ command, which turns any float, integer, or boolean into a string. When using the text command, you have to have a string.

In fact, here is a better example:



The '+' can join strings.

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flashing snall
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Posted: 12th Dec 2006 03:58
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ah, i see, thanks a million man.


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flashing snall
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Posted: 3rd Jan 2007 00:49
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sorry for bumping this, but how do yo make it so its a text variable, not a number. I tried just switching the # to a $ on the value.


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Posted: 3rd Jan 2007 02:03
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You can't just switch variable types without altering the lines of code which alter the variable's contents...



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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 3rd Jan 2007 02:26
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Yeah the "$" means it's a string. The "#" means it's a float... a number that has a decimal point. It's really better to make health an integer (without the # sign). Most games use only whole numbers for health... you rarely see 77.3 health or 99.9 health.

If you convert it to a string anytime you want to do math you have to convert it to a number before you do the math. If you keep it a number and only convert it when you want to print with the "str$()" it would be a lot easier to work with.
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