Global Variables and Functions

[vandal]

Hello Folks and happy Festivus Season!

Please be gentle i'm a newb :-)

Currently I am working on a script that reads from am updating text file and mods a global variable. I want to be able to use this global as a condition on another loop.

The problem is either my file read function is not changing the variable state correctly .. or my second function containing the condition isn't reading the variable state, and i haven't really been able to find an example or doc's that explain how this stuff is handled. See my Example below.

Some of the reasoning behind the adlibenable is that there doesn't seem to be a clean way to get readline to read just the last line of text from the text file.

I'm looking for a cleaner way of doing this .. or some clarification on how global variables can be used and manipulated by functions.

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Global $FightOver

$Logfile = FileOpen("e:\logs\log.txt" , 0)

DoCombat()

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;Check $FightOver State ;

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Func CheckState(ByRef $FightOver)

if $FightOver = 1 then

Return 1

Else

Return 0

EndIf

EndFunc

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;Heartbeat state checking ;

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Func Heartbeat()

HaveGainedEXP($FightOver)

EndFunc

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;Do combat till something dies ;

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Func DoCombat()

If $Logfile = -1 Then

MsgBox(0, "Error" , "Unable to open file.")

Exit

EndIf

Do

$line = FileReadLine($Logfile)

until @error = -1

AdlibEnable("Heartbeat" , 300)

Do

Send("{1}")

Sleep(3500)

Send("{2}")

Sleep(4000)

Send("{3}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{-}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{0}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{9}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{0}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{9}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{3}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{0}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{9}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{0}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{3}")

Sleep(4500)

Send("{0}")

Sleep(4500)

Until CheckState($FightOver) = 1

AdlibDisable()

EndFunc

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;need to see if character has gained experience ;

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Func HaveGainedEXP(ByRef $FightOver)

If $Logfile = -1 Then

MsgBox(0, "Error" , "Unable to open file.")

Exit

EndIf

$line = FileReadLine($Logfile)

$result = StringInStr($line , "You gain experience!")

$result1 = StringInStr($line , "There is no eligible target for this spell")

$result2 = StringInStr($line , "You must be engaged in combat to use this ability")

$result3 = StringInStr($line , "Too little too late... Your target is already dead")

$result4 = StringInStr($line , "You have killed")

Select

Case $result >= 1

$FightOver = 1

Case $result1 >= 1

$FightOver = 1

Case $result2 >= 1

$FightOver = 1

Case $result3 >= 1

$FightOver = 1

Case $result4 >= 1

$FightOver = 1

Case Else

$FightOver = 0

EndSelect

EndFunc

[Valuater]

Welcome to the forums

Very nice effort for your first post.... 8)

Your logic is ggod, however just a little more knowledge of Autoit and you will be doing great

i tried to fix-it-up some......... NOT TESTED

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#include <File.au3>

Global $FightOver, $Line, $Paused, $Logfile

HotKeySet("{PAUSE}", "TogglePause")
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
HotKeySet("{F9}", "DoCombat")


$Logfile = FileOpen("e:\logs\log.txt", 0)

If $Logfile = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.")
    Exit
EndIf

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

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Func DoCombat()

    ToolTip('Now Fighting', 0, 0)
    AdlibEnable("HaveGainedEXP", 300)

    Do
        Send("{1}")
        Sleep(3500)
        Send("{2}")
        Sleep(4000)
        Send("{3}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{-}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{0}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{9}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{0}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{9}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{3}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{0}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{9}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{0}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{3}")
        Sleep(4500)
        Send("{0}")
        Sleep(4500)
    Until $FightOver = 1

    AdlibDisable()
    ToolTip('')
EndFunc   ;==>DoCombat

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Func HaveGainedEXP()

    $Line = FileReadLine($Logfile, _FileCountLines($Logfile)) ; reads last line only
    
    If @error = -1 Then
        MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to read file.")
        Exit
    EndIf

    Local $Rtext = StringSplit("You gain experience!,There is no eligible target for this spell,You must be engaged in combat to use this ability" & _
            "Too little too late... Your target is already dead,You have killed", ",")
    
    For $x = 1 To $Rtext[0]
        If StringInStr($Line, $Rtext[$x]) Then
            $FightOver = 1
            Return 1
        EndIf
    Next
    $FightOver = 0
    Return 0
EndFunc   ;==>HaveGainedEXP

Func TogglePause()
    $Paused = Not $Paused
    While $Paused
        Sleep(100)
        ToolTip('Script is "Paused"', 0, 0)
    WEnd
    ToolTip("")
EndFunc   ;==>TogglePause

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc   ;==>Terminate

.... and Happy Holidays to you too!

8)

Edited December 21, 2006 by Valuater

[vandal]

Thanks very much.

That does clean a few things up for me. I had a look through and there's a couple of shortcuts I hadn't thought of.

Could you post the code you use for _FileCountLines() please. Without that I'm still stuck on my how to read the last line of file :-)

[vandal]

Hey again.

I've tried a few variations on this using some of the read last line of file function examples from the boards here. But still no real luck.

The text file i'm trying to parse can end up huge, so most of the functions i've found end up being far to slow to be effective really. Anyone have a slick read only last line, or newest line of file code ideas?

Also HaveGainedEXP does seem to be changing $FightOver but none of the other functions using it as a condition for something seem to pick up that change. Not sure where i'm stumbling there, looks like it should be working heh ....