variable.item or array[named] possible?

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02-13-2005
cafrow

variable.item or array[named] possible?

K, I am use to PHP programing so this is why I am a little confused, I have sat down and layed out what I want to program, its a small game that is texted based and I am sure I will laught at it later on, but I need to start somewhere. Anyways what I want if for a variable or array to have other variables inside it, basicly an array but instead of having numbers for the indexs I want names. here is example.

player1[lifes] = 100
player1[score] = 200
player1[homeland] = "eldar"

something like that, I think when playing with VB a while back (sorry if VB is a bad word here, i promis not to use it anymore) there was something you could do like

player1.lifes = 100
player1.score = 100
player1.homeland = "eldar"

I know I can use standard variables, but this looks SO much cleaner and makes ALOT more sence. However I am not sure how to do it, This is one way I come up with, but I feel that it is Geto Rigged and that there is probebly a better way out there, please let me know if there is.

int player1[10];
int life;
life = 1;
player1[life]=100;
cout << player1[life];
cin.get();
02-13-2005
prog-bman

You would want to use structs aka classes.

Code:

#include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; struct player { int lives; int score; string homeland; }; int main() { player player1; player1.lives = 3; player2.score = 0; player.homeland = "Eldar"; cout<<player1.lives; //etc... return 0; }
02-13-2005
cafrow

OMG, that is perfect, that is what I was looking for, tahnk you so much.
02-13-2005
sand_man

or you could use enum

Code:

#include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; typedef enum{eldar,something,something_else}LAND; struct player { int lives; int score; LAND homeland; }; int main() { player player1; player1.lives = 3; player1.homeland = eldar; cout<<player1.lives; //etc... return 0; }
02-14-2005
7stud

Quote:

I think when playing with VB a while back (sorry if VB is a bad word here, i promis not to use it anymore) there was something you could do like

player1.lifes = 100
player1.score = 100
player1.homeland = "eldar"

You can do the same thing in php, although the notation isn't quite as simple:

Code:

<html> <body> <?php class Player { var $lives; var $score; var $homeland; } $player1 = new Player(); $player1->lives=100; $player1->score=100; $player1->homeland="eldar"; echo("Lives: " . $player1->lives); ?> </body> </html>
02-14-2005
cafrow

THank you for that PokerPlayer (7Stud), I have not really used Classes before but I am starting to see how awesome they are. Thank you again.
02-14-2005
7stud

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THank you for that PokerPlayer (7Stud).

:)

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I have not really used Classes before but I am starting to see how awesome they are.

...and have very complex capabilities in C++. php and javascript(which shares the VB syntax) provide basic classes, although javascript classes are more powerful than they might first appear, and php5 has extended class features.