[weasel]

Is there any way to check if an inputted string is NOT a number? I'm working on a custom setup menu for Hidden Intentions and are adding the ability to change the speed with a textbox.

[Galladin]

you should use the Mzx2.62b!

[Jester]

No! he Shouldn't..

[weasel]

I NEED MZX 2.62b for my adventure games engine to work! If EMS is that much of a problem for you people then turn off the sounds. Now back on topic, I still need a solution for this robotic problem.

[Galladin]

:blahblah
input string "blahblah"
if input <= 9 speed&input&
goto blahblah

:speed1
set speed to 1 or whatever
and so on....

or something like that  I'm probably wrong but it's how I would have done it.

[FlashBlast]

: "invalid"
input string "Please Pick your game speed"
goto "speed&input&"
goto "invalid"

: "speed1"
: "speed2"
: "speed3"
: "speed4"
: "speed5"
: "speed6"
: "speed7"
: "speed8"
: "speed9"
set "mzx_speed" "input"
. "the rest of your code here"


only the numbers 1 - 9 will work here... and its quicker and more memory concerving then marcus's one... i had made this for my game, then scraped it for an automatic version. just make sure you dont use the lables Speed10 to Speed32768

-Flash

(And Exo thinks I know nothing!)

[Galladin]

heh ? yeah ? ? I actually used the same tactic in my Character Creation-engine yesterday. like dis:

set Str to random 3 thru 18
set Dex to random 3 thru 18
set Con to random 3 thru 18
if Con = 3 go1
dec Con 1
:go1
set Int to random 3 thru 18
if Int = 3 go2
dec Int 1
:go2
set Wis to random 3 thru 18
inc Wis 1
set Cha to random 3 thru 18
inc Cha 1
goto Str&Str&

:Str3
set StrMod to -4
goto StrMain

and something like that ? it took me about 1-3 hours to make it since there's 6 abilities and they're set to random 3 thru 18 (+1/-1) ?mawhawhwahhwahawhahha ?hahahaha ahahhaa    but I didn't use strings and I'm way off topic once again so I guess I'll just end it up here.

[Exophase]

Hrrrm... you guys don't get a lot of things. First of all, you can't use input directly as a string. The ONLY place you can use input is in a direct equality statement (like, if "input" = "blahlala" "agh") and you cannot use inequality comparisons on strings. This is because Greg's strcmp replacement sucks *cough*.. that means you can NOT do if "$string0" > 1 or anything like that. If you do it'll always return false.

As it is you can't store in counter the numerical contents of a string, however, one idea is to do this:

set "Local" 1
: "L"
set "&Local&" "Local"
inc "Local" 1
if "Local" != 10 "L"
input string "Enter the speed"
set "$string0" "input"
set "MZX_speed" "$string0"

Or you could use something like FlashBlast's method.. mine uses a bit of counters but is universally applicable, will give you zero if the number is invalid.. you could also turn off the counters when you're done if that helps.

- Exo

[Exophase]

Using strings (and input string) for this kinda thing is rather silly anyway. If you can, why don't you have an overlay based slider? Then you can easily calculate the value as an offset, not a string...

- Exo

[weasel]

Hmm. I would, if I could create a seperate board for options (which i cant, because of the "TURN OFF THE MUSIC DARNIT" option, which disables music on the current board without killing SAMs too).

[Exophase]

WildWeasel, on April 22 2002,03:46, said:

Hmm. I would, if I could create a seperate board for options (which i cant, because of the "TURN OFF THE MUSIC DARNIT" option, which disables music on the current board without killing SAMs too).

Can't you just set a counter for that?

- Exo

[Galladin]

heh      I don't use the Mzx2.62b anymore.....   hehheh   ???

[weasel]

Exophase, on April 21 2002,15:09, said:

WildWeasel, on April 22 2002,03:46, said:

Hmm. I would, if I could create a seperate board for options (which i cant, because of the "TURN OFF THE MUSIC DARNIT" option, which disables music on the current board without killing SAMs too).

Can't you just set a counter for that?

- Exo

Hmm, I guess you're right...working on that right now!

[Bocco]

You don't even need a counter if you use "Mod *" on both the options screen and the screen you're coming from. Then, disabling the music on the options screen will result in no music when you return. Of course, a counter's not too hard to do either. Just a thought.