Add a value to actors in loop

[akhad]

I'm converting some old Basic code I made a while back. When it comes to the For/Next loops I'm not sure how they translate to GE. For example, to assign the value 100 to the X position of 5 objects in my old code is something like:

for a=1 to 5 : Position Object (a),100,0 : Next a

How can I do a similar thing to my actors, ie if they are named as
Alien1, Alien2, Alien3 etc....
Can I do a For/Next loop and assign values to an array of 5 objects called Alien with something like...

for(i=0; i<5; i++)
{
Alien[i].x=100;
}

[Sgt. Sparky]

make a variable called NAME and make it a global string and use the code,

Code: Select all

int i = 0;
for(i = 0; i <= 5; i++)
{
    sprintf(NAME, "Alien.%d", i);
    getclone(NAME)->x = 100;
}

(I use code like this all the time for saving stuff and positioning.)