Help with array, i think

[MasonMill]

Ok so after this message tab pops up pixelsearch detects it and sends an away message, i want to start clicking in intervals to the right though. How do i construct the $stop variable to tell it wehn to stop? This is what i have so far.

$stop = 539, 693
      For $i = 0 to $stop Step 5
       mouseclick("left", $redtab[0] + $i , 693)
       sleep(500)
      Next

[Melba23]

MasonMill,

How do i construct the $stop variable to tell it wehn to stop

Unless you give us some idea of what criterion you wish to use define the stop point we cannot help.

Do you want a fixed number of clicks? Until the edge of the screen? Perhaps until something happens?

Over to you!

M23

[MasonMill]

well, so 693 is the Y coord I want it to click along and I want it to stop at the X coord 539. Which is where the end of the chat window is located, so i want it to stop there. The ($stop = 539, 693) is basically the mouse coord I dont want it to click past.

[MasonMill]

i just dont know how to construct $stop such that it wont click past it.

[Melba23]

MasonMill,

So you want to click from the coordinates of $redtab until the point defined in your $stop variable ( example 539 x 693) at 5 pixel intervals.

How are the coordinates stored in $stop? If it is an array (Dim $stop = [539, 693]) then you do this:

For $i = $redtab[0] To $stop[0] Step 5
    mouseclick("left", $i , $stop[1])
Next

How is that?

M23

[MasonMill]

Awesome, thank you.

[MasonMill]

Why do you the Dim?

[MasonMill]

It gave me an error that says:

dim $stop = [539,693]

dim $stop = ^ERROR

ERROR: Subscript used with non-Array variable.

[Melba23]

MasonMill,

To make clear it was an array. Normally I never use Dim, only Global and Local, but I was not sure of the scope you wanted to use.

How do you get the coordinates of the stop point into the variable $stop? Is it from another PixelSearch? If so then AutoIt creates the array for you and you are not forced to declare it beforehand. Other functions (like _FileReadToArray, for example) require you to declare the array yourself before you call the function.

It is a good idea to get into the habit of properly declaring your variables in scripts. It will pay dividends when you get into more complex code.

M23

[MasonMill]

Yeah pixel search gave me the coords of the tab originally. ($redtab). But the message box ends at 539, 693 so i just picked them myself. I wanted it to click along the tabs becasue they have Xs on them to remove them. so i wanted to click to the right to remove all the tabs. The code is structured properly i believe but I don't know the syntax well enough yet in autoit. Should i use local or global?

[GEOSoft]

dim $stop[2] = [539,693]

[Melba23]

George,

I will now go and write 50 times on the board: "I will not forget the dimensions when declaring an array the next time".

MasonMill,

Should i use local or global?

It depends on where you are in your code and how you want to use the array.

If the array is only used within a single function, the Local is correct. You can still use it in other functions, but you must pass it as a parameter.

If the array is used by many functions, then you might consider declaring it as Global so they can all see it. But you should try and limit the number of Global variables to a minimum for various reasons, among which is the chance of overwriting them when you do not mean to!

M23

[MasonMill]

So the 2th array cell becomes that coord, correct? So the last cell can have an X and Y coord? I'm sorry I'm just trying to understand why it works the way it does.

[Melba23]

MasonMill,

There is a very good tutorial on arrays in the Wiki.

M23

Edit: Speeling!

Edited March 26, 2010 by Melba23

[MasonMill]

thanks! Ill go check that out. I appreciate the help guys, im almost done with CSE 1311(C programming) at my university and it has given tremendous insight to all this. I love it!

[MasonMill]

lightbulb!! thanks!

[GEOSoft]

George,

I will now go and write 50 times on the board: "I will not forget the dimensions when declaring an array the next time".

M23

I've been letting you off to easy lately, make it a hundred.

[MasonMill]

any ideas why this isnt working properly? Its zooms across the screen and doesnt stop at 539, 693. if it steps over that coord does it just keep going? Even when i put step 1 it does the same thing.

$stop[2] = [539, 693]
      For $i = 0 to $stop Step 5
       mouseclick("left", $redtab[0] + $i , $stop[1])
       sleep(500)
      Next

[MasonMill]

It jumps down to the correct Y coordinate then zooms off in the X direction without stopping till it gets way across the screen.

[Yoriz]

To use the value 539 from the array as the the ending value of the 'for' loop, so it goes from 0 to 539 you need to use $stop[0] in your 'for' line as below

For $i = 0 to $stop[0] Step 5

I dont know what vaule is contained in $redtab[0] but this will stop it ending at 539 as it will be added to 539 and also if wont start at zero, it would start at the value of $redtab[0], if this is intended to be the start pos the following lines would apply.

For $i = $redtab[0] to $stop[0] Step 5
       mouseclick("left",  $i , $stop[1])

Not really understanding what you require and not knowing what $redtab[0] is/does is not helping. sorry if this doesnt help you out much.