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by rennie moffat · in Torque Game Builder · 11/18/2009 (2:11 pm) · 31 replies
(%i = getWordCount(%this.pulseAni.animationFrames) - 1; %i >= 0; %i--)
This line of code says that %i = getWordCount of %this.pulseAni.animationFrames.
The animationFrames is a predefined set for pulseAni?
However, from here it is told to have a -1, integer I am guessing which would tell the animation to move backwards or start at frame = -1 (not sure).
%i >= 0, and %i-- say that %i can not be less than 0, however the %i-- is telling the animation to move backwards. So I am not sure why %i is >= 0.
This is my thinking when looking at this line. Please if someone can help me think through this I would much appreciate it. You guys are the best when it comes to this. Please help.
This line of code says that %i = getWordCount of %this.pulseAni.animationFrames.
The animationFrames is a predefined set for pulseAni?
However, from here it is told to have a -1, integer I am guessing which would tell the animation to move backwards or start at frame = -1 (not sure).
%i >= 0, and %i-- say that %i can not be less than 0, however the %i-- is telling the animation to move backwards. So I am not sure why %i is >= 0.
This is my thinking when looking at this line. Please if someone can help me think through this I would much appreciate it. You guys are the best when it comes to this. Please help.
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#22
Thanks
@all
Thanks.
after going over this... so I do have a general question, these conditions of
- 1; %i >= 0; %i--
can and do only exist is a for statement?
also would this pattern be consistent for all getWordCount commands.
- 1; %i >= 0; %i--,
where -1 is the final amount, when reached loop ends?
where %i >=0 is the condition for %i?
%i-- is the pattern, additive subtractive for the loop to count. Tells the loop to count up or down basically. Can you with this multiply of divide? would there be any purpose to that?
11/22/2009 (12:02 pm)
@Pubily.Thanks
@all
Thanks.
after going over this... so I do have a general question, these conditions of
- 1; %i >= 0; %i--
can and do only exist is a for statement?
also would this pattern be consistent for all getWordCount commands.
- 1; %i >= 0; %i--,
where -1 is the final amount, when reached loop ends?
where %i >=0 is the condition for %i?
%i-- is the pattern, additive subtractive for the loop to count. Tells the loop to count up or down basically. Can you with this multiply of divide? would there be any purpose to that?
#23
I see, thanks @Seb.
You can see you just asked this above. So I Was pretty much right.
And I have noticed that the for() statement is a pretty important player in game programming. I am sure now, it gets used frequently. As Seb has pointed out it can be used to gauge ammunition, health, damage and I am sure many other things that I cant think of right now. But thanks again, I really do feel I have a grasp on this now.
Thank you so much,
Ren
11/22/2009 (12:13 pm)
Quote:
The first one is the initialization.
The second one is the condition.
The third one is the iteration.
I see, thanks @Seb.
You can see you just asked this above. So I Was pretty much right.
And I have noticed that the for() statement is a pretty important player in game programming. I am sure now, it gets used frequently. As Seb has pointed out it can be used to gauge ammunition, health, damage and I am sure many other things that I cant think of right now. But thanks again, I really do feel I have a grasp on this now.
Thank you so much,
Ren
#24
Thank you for pointing out my error, William.
That's what I get for doing this quickly at work without checking about things I haven't checked for years ;)
Rennie, I urge you to read William's post, too as I was totally wrong on getWordCount().
11/23/2009 (4:24 am)
William is "dah man" actually.Thank you for pointing out my error, William.
That's what I get for doing this quickly at work without checking about things I haven't checked for years ;)
Rennie, I urge you to read William's post, too as I was totally wrong on getWordCount().
#25
I hope all that you wrote and I reviewed is not completely useless.
I doubt that is the case, it was just because of the underscore right? And yes I believe I got what William was saying about getWordCount not knowing anything about animations, just how to get,particular info, ie, the number of frames used.
11/23/2009 (10:02 am)
oh, but the basic principle is right right?I hope all that you wrote and I reviewed is not completely useless.
I doubt that is the case, it was just because of the underscore right? And yes I believe I got what William was saying about getWordCount not knowing anything about animations, just how to get,particular info, ie, the number of frames used.
#27
I believe you titled it this_animation or something like that, i thought that was the problem, will have to relook. I thought maybe torque would not understand the underscore.
11/23/2009 (10:20 am)
oh just thinking briefly, I believe you titled it this_animation or something like that, i thought that was the problem, will have to relook. I thought maybe torque would not understand the underscore.
#28
It can't get you any particular information. You cannot use it to access arrays.
11/23/2009 (3:15 pm)
getWordCount only returns the number of words in a string.It can't get you any particular information. You cannot use it to access arrays.
#30
11/23/2009 (3:20 pm)
However wordCount is words in a string while getWord is numbers?
#31
getWord doesn't know about numbers. getWord doesn't know what's in the string. getWord doesn't care.
getWord simply gets a single word from the passed in string and returns the result as a string.
11/23/2009 (3:32 pm)
getWord gets a single word from a string and returns it as a string.getWord doesn't know about numbers. getWord doesn't know what's in the string. getWord doesn't care.
getWord simply gets a single word from the passed in string and returns the result as a string.
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So does -1 imply whatever the "number/count" is, subtract one to get the array position?
Ps. this is great, I am going to go over the rest of this in a minute but that is my first question.
Thanks Seb.
You dah Man!!!!!