Type Information

H!

Must I always use

type playerdata
field a
field b
end type

For player.playerdata = Each playerdata
player\a = 10
Next

Oke I have like above and when I do this:

print player.playerdata\a ;I get an error

Is it btw possible to do something like this

For player.playerdata = player.playerdata\a = 10
player\a = 10
Next

I want to know everything about the type,
Where can I find more information ?

one thing i do for a type if it's for say my player(if im only using a few of them and create them all manually), i'd create a function for creating the type as usual ie

player1.player = CreatePlayer.player(x#,y#,z#)
player2.player = CreatePlayer.player(x#,y#,z#)
player3.player = CreatePlayer.player(x#,y#,z#)
player4.player = CreatePlayer.player(x#,y#,z#)

now if i wanted to know all the values for a certain player i would just do

text 0,10," player one's health " + player1\health
text 0,20," player two's health " + player2\health

simple example but it saved me alot of messing around trying to access certain types or having to go thru them all.

@GC-Martijn,
remember to define a global pointer to your type:

type playerdata
field a
field b
end type
GLOBAL PLAYER.PLAYERDATA ;here is the global pointer

This is ok:

For player.playerdata = Each playerdata
player\a = 10
Next

Because you should write, instead:

print player\a

Sorry, I don't get the meaning of:
For player.playerdata = player.playerdata\a = 10

It looks like this:
For <type_pointer> = <wrong_syntax> = 10

Which is a complete nonsense.

Perhaps you want to make a loop and perform an action only to the player elements that have the 'a' field value equal to 10 ?
In this case:

for player.playerdata = each playerdata
if player\a = 10 then
;whatever you need
endif
next

Repeat

- read the paper manual
- read the tutorials @ www.blitzcoder.com
- experiment
- ask on this forum
- ask @ blitzcoder forun

Until you have mastered type structure.

;-)

Hope this helps,
Sergio.

A this I need : :)

GLOBAL PLAYER.PLAYERDATA ;here is the global pointer

now it works

and yes I was meaning to make a loop and perform an action only to the player elements that have the 'a' field value equal to 10.

Thanks,

btw I can - read the paper manual
because I buy the software online (live in the netherlands)