nikosliapis Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I have a project going which has a number of functions, i want to know if it is possible to set a variable to be "global like" so that it can be manipulated be two of those functions and only those two. The search i've made so far shows that it is not possible, but i need to confirm this assumption. Thanks in advance. Coding can be fun when you do it your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 It should be easy to have only those 2 functions able to change a variable, don't use that variable in any other functions or just don't have anywhere in the other functions that manipulate the contents of that variable. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOne Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Well the obvious answer is to only access that global variable with those two functions. I may be wrong here, but I think autoitobject might have the ability to use private member variables. AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikosliapis Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 It should be easy to have only those 2 functions able to change a variable, don't use that variable in any other functions or just don't have anywhere in the other functions that manipulate the contents of that variable.Should i make that variable Global or is there another type of variable i can use? Coding can be fun when you do it your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted April 10, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2012 nikosliapis,AutoIt variable scopes are "Global = Everywhere", "Local = just this function" - there is no inbetween.But as I mentioned in your last "scope" thread, you can limit the scope of variables by passing them as parameters and using ByRef - use an array to hold them if you have lots to pass. Perhaps if you offered an example of what you are trying to do....M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikosliapis Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Melba23 What i want to do is to dicrease the lines of code. If i try to pass the variables from one function to another then i'll propably end up with even more lines. I don't know why, but i believe that declaring a large number of Global variables is a bad think, so i try to find a way to avoid it. Coding can be fun when you do it your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted April 10, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 10, 2012 nikosliapis, What i want to do is to dicrease the lines of code. If i try to pass the variables from one function to another then i'll propably end up with even more lines.What you should want to do is make your code better, not shorter. Declaring many Global variables is generally considered a "bad thing" because it creates lazy code where you access the same variable from all over your script. Unless you take great care you will soon find that what you think is in that variable is not because you have changed it somewhere along the way, probably without meaning to. If you really want to use "private variables" then use what AutoIt gives you to make this possible: passing by parameter and ByRef. The first allows you to tell another function the current value of a Local variable - the second allows the other function to change this variable directly. So stop worrying about the number of lines (using #region and #endregion will help you reduce the visible script size in SciTE) and start utilising AutoIt's existing functions to get your code working as you want. M23 P.S. You might want to read through this thread, particularly Valik's posts - the deleted posts did not add a lot as I remember. Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikosliapis Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 thank you all very much for the advices Coding can be fun when you do it your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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