Struct?

[Hblade]

What is a struct, and how can I use it?
thanks

[SuperSonic]

A struct is similar to a class. But I'm not sure what it's really used for

[Hblade]

From what I seen, it bunches together ints or other variables I think, so like this:

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struct pickles(){
    int var
    int var2
    int var3
    int var4
}


but whtas the purpose? xD

[skydereign]

You know how actor's have a bunch of variables? An Actor is a struct, and it is very useful for all of those variables to be bunched into one coherent structure. If you have several variables that all work together, it makes sense to want to put them into a single place, structures allow you to do this. They also provide a way of making complex data types that aren't really possible (cleanly at least) without them.

[SuperSonic]

But what about a class? Isn't that basically the same thing?

[skydereign]

Classes aren't in c, so saying its similar to a class doesn't help anyone who doesn't know what either is. In c++ classes and structs are very similar, but classes have a different default permissions (public versus private data). In c++ you can also create member functions which helps create a more object oriented approach, which is notably absent in c.

[SuperSonic]

That's cool! I didn't know that

[Hblade]

Hey thanks sky!

[Game A Gogo]

Classes aren't in c, so saying its similar to a class doesn't help anyone who doesn't know what either is. In c++ classes and structs are very similar, but classes have a different default permissions (public versus private data). In c++ you can also create member functions which helps create a more object oriented approach, which is notably absent in c.

One of the reasons I don't use GE much anymore ): I got addicted to classes in college xD

[Hblade]

struct for some reason crashes Game Editor when I click "Add" in global code

[skydereign]

The following should work. One thing though is you need to add the semi at the end.

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struct var_name
{
    int variables;
};

[Hblade]

oh thats why, thanks sky I was doing it like this:

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struct something() {
ints
}


xD

[SuperSonic]

You missed the semi-colon at the end

[GEuser]

I can't get the struct declaration to work.

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struct person ()
{
        int age=0;
};


The above entry in global editor crashed. Question is what would I add it as in the add field (person)? Is their problems with the linux version of GE? Hope, this can be resolved it eould be really useful in some stuff I'm planning.

[skydereign]

That is because you are fusing a function declaration with a struct declaration (notice the parenthesis).

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struct person
{
    int age;
};