Basically, I have a variable (usually a float) that I want to display on the screen. I''ve used lesson 17 to do this (slightly modified to use targas instead of bitmaps). But, it doesn''t quite work right. I was hoping that some people could help me out here. If you need anymore information, I wont hesitate to provide it. Thanks, Glenn Murphy

using glPrint....


ok. it takes in the position, and it also takes in a character pointer (char*) and a set variable. I''ll ignore all but the char* since this is obviously the important one

ok..

Now, I''ll assume your using the stl string container for your string manipulation (if your not you should be )

#include <string>using std::string; 

to set a string to the value of a float, you would generally do this:

string floatToString(float value){	char buffer[64];	_gcvt(double(value),10,buffer);	string str;	str.assign(buffer);	return str;} 

You could simply have it return a char* but I discourage this in favour of returning a string, since the char* returned would always be the same, and you could easily run into problems where you call the function twice and expect two different char*''s (if you get me).

to int:

string intToString(int value){	char buffer[64];	_itoa(value,buffer,10);	string str;	str.assign(buffer);	return str;} 

find out more here

then it would just be a matter of doing:

...string value= floatToString(5.3521f);string message = "the value of the number is: ";glPrint(x,y,message + value, set);... 

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But, glCallLists needs a pointer (I'm terrible with pointers, I'm working at getting better though). How would I use your example while using pointers?

Also, if you have a good resource for pointers, that'd help, too.

Thanks again,
Glenn Murphy

EDIT (13:33 CST): scratch that. I just looked it up on google and a lot of my books lying around and found my answer (I feel quite stupid sometimes at how the answer is right in front of me (especially when I find it a couple hours after asking other people)). But, I do have another question, if ya'll don't mind. When using glCallLists, the second arguement ("type: The type of values in lists. The following symbolic constants are accepted: ...") what size would I use when using a string? Thanks again for my help and for (atleast) acting patient with me...

[edited by - gyrmnix on April 23, 2004 2:54:57 PM]

if your passing in a pointer to a block of memory for characters (char*), where each char in that block of memory is a signed byte, then use GL_BYTE, since GL_BYTE is -128 to 127.. which is exactly the same range of a signed byte.

I''d suggest you look through all the C/C++ tutorials on game tutorials a few times. They will help you understand whats happening with pointers, and other concepts that your bound to stumble apon sooner or later.
They are good, so I suggest you do this.

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I am currently reading through the tutorials on gametutorials.com (thanks for the link). But, one more quick question, my glCallLists looks like:

glCallLists(sizeof(str), GL_BYTE, &str);

It works fine except, it adds ''cB'' at the end of the phrase and I can''t figure out why. What would cause this to happen. Thanks for all the help.

Glenn Murphy