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09/15/2016 6:48 PM ·Spoilers

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How would I save Names?

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  • Aaron

    09/15/2016 7:29 PM ·Spoilers

    More specific please. Save strings? save them as data or what?

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  • ☆CodeZeяo☆

    09/15/2016 10:56 PM ·Spoilers

    like.. a player name :)

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  • Aaron

    09/16/2016 12:48 AM ·Spoilers

    You mean actually save, as in turn off the program and it saves it. That I'm not sure.

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  • ☆CodeZeяo☆

    09/16/2016 6:26 AM ·Spoilers

    no. like in game, you make a player name then it saves the name and the game continues.

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  • Oscar

    09/16/2016 12:21 PM ·Spoilers

    Well, if you want to 'save' a string within a program, all you have to do is declare and assign a string variable. Then, as long as you don't modify the variable, you can reference it throughout your program's runtime. You can declare a string by appending a dollar sign to a variable's identifier, like this: NAME$ = "TEXT GOES HERE"

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  • Oscar

    09/16/2016 12:32 PM ·Spoilers

    If you want to let the player input the string's content, you can use the INPUT command. It follows this syntax... INPUT <Guiding text>,<Variable to assign to> So you could do something like... INPUT "Enter your name: ",NAME$

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  • Oscar

    09/16/2016 12:33 PM ·Spoilers

    Now, if you want to save a string for future use (to load it back up again after the program stops), you need to use the SAVE command. It requires more explanation, so please reply if you want to know about this one.

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  • ☆CodeZeяo☆

    09/16/2016 5:46 PM ·Spoilers

    Thanks Oscar! and yes I need to save it. :)

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  • ☆CodeZeяo☆

    09/18/2016 6:11 PM ·Spoilers

    Could you tell me how to save names?

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  • Oscar

    09/19/2016 11:02 AM ·Spoilers

    Sorry for the late reply. If you want to save a string, you simply need a string and the SAVE command. You can save a text file with this syntax... SAVE "TXT:<Filename>",<String$> For example... NAME$="EXAMPLE" SAVE "TXT:SAVEDATA",NAME$ Do note that a dialog will appear to the user in order to save, meaning that the user may cancel saving.

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  • Oscar

    09/19/2016 11:06 AM ·Spoilers

    Loading it is very simple as well. Similarly, you'd need a string variable and the LOAD command. You can use LOAD with either of these syntax... <String$>=LOAD("TXT:<Filename>",FALSE) LOAD "TXT:<Filename>",FALSE OUT <String$> It is suggested that you call CHKFILE before you try to load something. This is so that you prevent loading a file that doesn't exist, since it would throw an error.

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  • Oscar

    09/19/2016 11:11 AM ·Spoilers

    You use CHKFILE to check if the file exists. It follows this syntax... <Boolean>=CHKFILE("<Filetype:><Filename>") The function will return either true or false, so it's suggested you place it in a conditional, like this... IF CHKFILE("TXT:SAVEDATA") THEN NAME$=LOAD("TXT:SAVEDATA",FALSE) ENDIF

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  • ☆CodeZeяo☆

    09/19/2016 5:40 PM ·Spoilers

    Thank you so much Oscar! you're awesome. I don't know if you know about this, but how would I make text letter by letter pop up in a line?

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  • Oscar

    09/19/2016 5:54 PM ·Spoilers

    It's an easy custom function. You just need to remember that a string is really just an array of individual characters, so you can iterate over it. I'll give you an example with text (TX$), a wait amount (WT), and even a sound (BP) as a parameter. DEF TYPE TX$,WT,BP FOR I=0 TO LEN(TX$)-1 ?TX$[I]; BEEP BP WAIT WT NEXT END You can then call it like this... TYPE "SMILEBASIC",10,9

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