//Globals
Player player1;
Player player2;
Player player3;
Player player4;
Player player5;
Player player6;
// End Globals
//
//
// Player Creation
Player *pCreatePlayer
//
for (int i = 1; i = max_players; i++) //max_players is 6
{
switch(i)
{
case 1:
pCreatePlayer = &player1 //Tried this with and without the &
case 2:
pCreatePlayer = &player2
etc...
}
*pCreatePlayer.Int = 15; //Tried with and without the *
pCreatePlayer.Wis = 17;
pCreatePlayer.hp = 20;
etc..
}
Pointer to an Object? A quick Pointer question
Author
Assume I have a Class 'Player', that tracks values like Int (not int), Wis, Con, and hp, mp. etc..
Now, during character creation, I want to setup 6 players, but I don't want to have to type the code out 6 times. So I use a loop, and I had it structured like this
Author
Fixed my own problem. forgot all about the -> symbol. DOH! Been a long monday =)
works fine. Thanks for the great replies I would of gotten =)
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Chris Vogel
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Player *pCreatePlayer;pCreatePlayer = &player1pCreatePlayer->hp = 10; works fine. Thanks for the great replies I would of gotten =)
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Chris Vogel
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Not that it fixes the problem you had, which you already did, but might want to try something like this just to get rid of that switch statement and all... If you put the player''s into an array, it''ll probably make it much easier to access them in sequence later.
Something like this:
Something like this:
Player AllPlayers [ 6 ];for ( int a = 0; a < 6; a++ ){ AllPlayers [ a ].Wis = 13;}
Author
quote:Original post by Melraidin
Not that it fixes the problem you had, which you already did, but might want to try something like this just to get rid of that switch statement and all... If you put the player''s into an array, it''ll probably make it much easier to access them in sequence later.
Something like this:
...
good Suggestion, thanks.
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Chris Vogel
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I''m a bit of a newbie myself, so I''m asking this question for my good as much as Radagar''s, but would a constructer be an efficient solution in this case assuming the values to be set were constant?
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quote:Original post by sofsenint
I''m a bit of a newbie myself, so I''m asking this question for my good as much as Radagar''s, but would a constructer be an efficient solution in this case assuming the values to be set were constant?
I''m not postive... But a constructor on the Player class probably would do the trick well, but in my case the values will not be constant.
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Chris Vogel
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Yep, I''d probably set something up like that with the constructor. Actually, what I''d probably do just in case there may be multiple constructors is to create an initialize method, then have each constructor call it if appropriate.
#include <string>using std::string;class Player{ public: Player ( void ); Player ( string strName ); void SetAttribute ( Attribute eNum, int Value ); int GetAttribute ( Attribute eNum ) const; private: void Initialize ( void ); string m_strName; enum Attribute { Int = 0, Wis = 1, Str = 2, Dex = 3 }; int m_dAttributes [ 4 ];}Player::Player ( void ) : Initialize (){}Player::Player ( string strName ) : Initialize (), m_strName = strName{}void Player::Initialize ( void ){ SetAttribute ( Int, 12 ); SetAttribute ( Wis, 8 ); SetAttribute ( Str, 14 ); SetAttribute ( Dex, 9 );}void Player::SetAttribute ( Attribute eNum, int Value ){ m_dAttributes [ eNum ] = Value;}int Player::GetAttribute ( Attribute eNum ) const{ return ( m_dAttributes [ eNum ] );}
Author
Well, although figuring this out helped me understand pointers more; I realize now that it was unneeded. I can do this instead (thanks Melraiden).
Player player[5]for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++){ player.Int = ###; player.hp = 20;<br> etc.<br>}<br> </pre> <br><br>Much easier. But hey, as long as I learned something… =)<br> </i> <br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Chris Vogel<br>~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
so what if the data isn''t constant? Constructors can have parameters just like functions.
Chris,
Make sure it is:
Player player[6] to create six players. They will be indexed 0 through 5. You code only creates 5 players (0 through 4) and you will try to access data that is not there (player[5]).
Make sure it is:
Player player[6] to create six players. They will be indexed 0 through 5. You code only creates 5 players (0 through 4) and you will try to access data that is not there (player[5]).
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