Help With variable

[sponk]

Hey

My first topic here, seems like a nice forum (have used it much as a guest)

Now I have a problem with a script and think its quite basic, but dunno how to solve it.

I have a part of my script (cut down to highlight the problem):

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Run($File1)

..

..

..

Send($Load1)

Run($File2)

..

..

..

Send($Load2)

Run($File3)

..

..

..

Send($Load3)

ect

ect

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So instead of making script for each variable which are the same, only differs in variable, I want it to be like this:

Run($File1)

..

..

..

Send($Load1)

then add +1 to $file and +1 to $Load and repeat.

I have an ini file for all the $file and $Load so I want it to optional how many I want to read. Dunno if I explained my problem, for you to understand, else I try to reexplain.

[Jos]

Have a look at Arrays in the helpfile.

[AdmiralAlkex]

Also there's a Array Tutorial in the wiki.

[kylomas]

sponk,

Now that you've read the stuff as advised by the heavy hitters, here's some code to chew on.

;
; the following demonstrates looping through predefined variables using eval
;

local $var1=10,$var2=11,$var3=12,$var4=13,$var5=14,$var6=15,$var7=16,$var8=17,$var9=18,$var10=19

for $i = 1 to 10
    c(eval('var' & $i) & ' i = ' & $i)
    if eval('var' & $i) = 15 then c('hit on $var6')
next

;
; the following demonstrated looping through a 2X array 
;

local $a10[10][2] = [['act1_1','act1_2'], _
                    ['act2_1','act2_2'], _
                    ['act3_1','act3_2'], _
                    ['act4_1','act4_2'], _
                    ['act5_1','act5_2'], _
                    ['act6_1','act6_2'], _
                    ['act7_1','act7_2'], _
                    ['act8_1','act8_2'], _
                    ['act9_1','act9_2'], _
                    ['act10_1','act10_2']]

for $i = 0 to ubound($a10,1) - 1
    c('invoking action = ' & $a10[$i][0] & ' followed by action ' & $a10[$i][1])
next

func c($str)
    consolewrite('> ' & $str & @lf)
EndFunc

kylomas

[sponk]

Thanks all for very quick replies. Now I know what to read about to make it work. Maybe I get back if I cant figure it out.

Regards

[PsaltyDS]

If you really have all the values ahead of time, then walking through an array of values is more efficient, as mentioned.

If you use various values at different points in the script though, you could just turn it into a function:

_MyFunc($File1, $Load1)
_MyFunc($FileX, $LoadX)
_MyFunc($MyFile, $MyLoad)
_MyFunc($YourFile, $YourLoad)

Func _MyFunc($sFile, $sLoad)
    Run($sFile)
    ; ..
    ; ..
    ; ..
    Send($sLoad)
EndFunc

[wolf9228]

You can use arrays or use variable functions as this example

example

For $i = 1 To 5

If Assign("variable" & $i , "Hello" & $i ) Then MsgBox(4096, "", Eval("variable" & $i ))

Next


MsgBox(4096, "", _
Eval("variable1") & @CRLF & _
Eval("variable2") & @CRLF & _
Eval("variable3") & @CRLF & _
Eval("variable4") & @CRLF & _
Eval("variable5"))

[kylomas]

sponk,

Since you mentioned that you have the value pairs in an "ini" file and that you want to "optionally" run these pairs, psalty's solution with rudimentary selection logic makes the most sense.

read ini

|

|

execute pair? ---> yes call psalty's function

|

| no

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read next ini record

kylomas