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Got a couple more questions:

Arrays: can I use {-notation for 2D arrays?. Example:

int nums[2][5];
nums[0] = { 0,1,2,3,4 };
nums[1] = { 5,6,7,8,9 };

EDIT: are generic 2d arrays even available? Meaning:

nums[n][n] = 1;

I'm having trouble assigning a value to an element that way. I suppose I can fake it with a struct... and that might even work better for what I'm doing, but being able to dive through a 2D array with a for-loop is... err... valuable.

Next...

Are there any issues with setting variables for a struct defined in a different file? Let me explain:

I have a file, skills.vc, that is included from system.vc. In skills.vc I am defining a struct of type "skill", and I define it with a handful of variables. Nothing fancy at all. However, from "skills.vc" I include a file called "backstab.vc", which contains only the following:

skill backstab;





backstab.cost = 10;


backstab.class = 1; 			// 1=rogue





backstab.first_att = 5;		// how many rounds reset?


backstab.second_att = main_char.to_hit / 2;	 // chance to-hit


backstab.third_att = main_char.level * 10 / 2; // how much damage bonus?





backstab.name = "backstab";


backstab.cap_name = "Backstab";


backstab.action_text = "backstabs";

Again, nothing fancy... and since I moved the "#include" line in skills.vc beyond
the structure's definition (lower down in the actual file) it seems to get to the code in
backstab.vc, but it halts at line 3 (according to vcc), saying "expecting a variable for function definition..."

Got any thoughts? It's almost like it doesn't want me to touch the variables in the struct.

For reference... here's the contents of skills.vc:

#define NUM_SKILLS	               3





struct skill


{


  int cost; 		// to use


  int class;





  int first_att; 	//   \


  int second_att;	//    | store data in atts


  int third_att;	//   /


 


  string name;	  // "backstab"


  string cap_name;	  // "Backstab"


  string action_text; 	  // "backstabs"


};





#include "backstab.vc"  // moved after skill-template struct def


		   // to eliminate errors because these


		   // includes use the struct

I'm wondering if it's just sloppy code... like am I over looking something?? ...or am I
breaking some rule of structs, variable scope, or includes?

Thanks for your help.

-lok

No, you got it on the nose... and I sort of worked that out as I was fixing something completely different. It struck me that the code would never get run... simply including it doesn't actually execute it.

That was moronic of me not to piece that together. ;| I'm struggling with structs... it's been ages since I've used them this extensively, and for whatever reason they bend my mind in bad ways.

Thanks for the background on VC. I think I need to slow down and spend more time on (literally) the structure of my code.

Thanks for your patience. :)

-l