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I was wanting to place text in an actor using script editor, and using the x and y coordinates of another actor as the source for this, along with a divider like "-" to separate them. Is there an easy way to do this using scripting?

To position, just change the x,y coordinates, like in any other actor.
What's the format are you want? Some thing like this?

"100 - 20"

yes, that is how I want to display it on the screen. But it will be the coordinates of a different actor.

Actor1(animated bmp)(x,y)

Actor2(Text Readout)

Trying to figure out how to get x,y (Integers) and "-"(String) combined into a String to display for Actor2.text=

BTW, I love this program already, just hope to get more proficient with it. I am more Graphics oriented, my programming is rusty, but I am "tickled to death" with the easy of high-quality graphic animations it handles with ease.

In some event of your text actor, put:

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sprintf(text, "%ld-%ld", otheractor.x, otheractor.y);

When I tried it I get a runtime error sprintf creating an empty string about half the time when I try it, the other half, I get "0-0" displayed for the text actor.


I had been trying something similar:

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sprintf(Actor2.text,"%d-%d", Actor1.x, Actor1.y);

I am using mouse button dwn(Left Btn) event on Actor2 with script editor action.

Because %d makes it an integer, and x and y are reals, you need to cast them to an int:

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sprintf(Actor2.text, "%d-%d", (int)Actor1.x, (int)Actor1.y);

Alternatively, you can use %f to make a real, but you probably won't need that.

Thanks a million Dillo, it worked perfectly. Guess I should drag those programming books out of the closet.... This has got to be the best board I have ever been on, everyone here helps without question. I am a lifer for GE now..