User input question

[randy]

Is it possible to allow a user to type in a number and then use that number they enter as a variable in an equation?

[Kon-Tiki]

Yep, that's easy. Use the get.string command (or get.var, look in the help-file to see if it exists)

-Kon-Tiki-

[Zonkie]

If you get it as a string, you can compare it to other strings. To get numbers I think you can also use

get.num(mPROMPT,vNUM);

. I don't know if you can do calculations with the variable then, though.

Zonkie

[Kon-Tiki]

Thought you could de calculations with evey variable, although it's not recommendable to do it with every variable. This ones shouldn't hurt (unless you're using the special variables)

-Kon-Tiki-

[Jelle]

Code: [Select]

get.num("give a number: ", v255);

*v255 = 10;
Or:
lindirectn(v255,10);


Game asks you to give a number... Let's say you enter 40... Then *v255 will be v40, so you would assign 10 to v40.