Is it in AGS but by another name perhaps? I have been following some C tutorials as per recommendation by one of the ags forum members whose exact username i cannot remember right now (laugh)
however the tutorials always comeback to using Scanf and/or printf. As for printf typing display("");, seems to work, but i don't know what to do for scanf.
(roll)
AGS isn't exactly a console application but you can use
String name = Game.InputBox("!What is your name?");
to halt the game and grab text input from the user.
Use String.AsFloat and String.AsInt to get numeric values.
Thanks Khris, however the beginner in me cannot get the "scanf" to function properly. Because i can't get where i should put the %d or &age or whatever "syntax" is needed.
function room_AfterFadeIn()
{
String ageAsString = Game.InputBox("What is your age?"); //i tried adding %d, &age just get's errors.
int age;
ageAsString ="*insert something"; //is this where the scanf d% should go in maybe? I'm confused.
age = ageAsString.AsInt;
if (age > 18)
{
Display("The age is greater then 18");
}
if (age == 18)
{
Display("the age is equal to 18");
}
if (age < 18 )
{
Display("the age is less then 18");
}
}
You are attributing an empty string to text1. It's better to call text1 something like ageAsString, instead, to give proper semantic meaning to it.
You also have one more opening "{" then needed (and an extra opposing one at the end
Quote from: eri0o on Wed 30/10/2019 23:00:52
You are attributing an empty string to text1. It's better to call text1 something like ageAsString, instead, to give proper semantic meaning to it.
You also have one more opening "{" then needed (and an extra opposing one at the end
True thanks! It was because i copy pasted from a notepad i had saved on my desktop right into the ags function. I saved some of the tutorial things i went over from tutorials in a textfile called "needs to learn for ags later", that later is now! (laugh)
What i would like to see happen (in the future) is perhaps when using a gui, that if pushing one button on the gui it would use the "scanf" function, to get the result of something else then a "typed in number" with the game.box input, perhaps a combination for lock, or a apartment call. Where if 4 digits are typed one scanf happen, four other leads to another, etc. But these things are still way above my head. I'm just happy i got my head around if/if else (not in this case tho!) but in general. And bools. :) but for practice it would be cool to see how it scans thru this age example. Edit: I updated with your advice (i think).
To be clear: there is no scanf equivalent where you can put %d and the like inside a string.
Looking at the code you posted, just remove line 9 entirely and you should be good to go:
String ageString = Game.InputBox("What is your age?");
int age = ageString.AsInt;
For stuff like combination locks you can use the Chars[] array to look at a string's individual characters.
Best look at the String section of the manual to see what AGS supports; AGScript was built based on C but imo trying to apply C beginner's lessons to it is doomed to fail (as this thread demonstrates ;))
Quote from: Khris on Thu 31/10/2019 11:05:18
To be clear: there is no scanf equivalent where you can put %d and the like inside a string.
Looking at the code you posted, just remove line 9 entirely and you should be good to go:
String ageString = Game.InputBox("What is your age?");
int age = ageString.AsInt;
For stuff like combination locks you can use the Chars[] array to look at a string's individual characters.
Best look at the String section of the manual to see what AGS supports; AGScript was built based on C but imo trying to apply C beginner's lessons to it is doomed to fail (as this thread demonstrates ;))
AHA!, interesting, ofc. Makes sense now, how lovely! :grin: Thanks ever so much Khris! :)