hello world.

If I create a string with str_create, copy another string into it then it can't be edited in the same length like created before.
If the string was created with a length of 6 chars I can only edit 1 char after I copied the second string into it.

Code:

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string_pointer = str_create("#6");
str_cpy(string_pointer, "0");
inkey(string_pointer);

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Does anyone know how I can edit the whole string with the length it was created?

Is there no known solution?

Code:

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STRING string_pointer = "#6";

TEXT view_string
{
  layer = 1;
  pos_x = 10;
  pos_y = 10;
  size_y = 40;
  strings = 1;
  string = string_pointer;
  flags = visible;
}

FUNCTION main()
{
	//string_pointer = str_create("#6");
	screen_color.blue = 100;
	str_cpy(string_pointer, "0");
	inkey(string_pointer);
}

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I get string read only when I use str_create

Really? Hmmm, ok. What I exactly do is this:

Code:

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var string_array[500];
string* string_pointer;

function init_strings()
{
  var i = 0;
  while (i<500)
  {
    string_array[i] = handle(str_create("#6"));
    i += 1;
  }
}

function reset_strings()
{
  var i = 0;
  while (i<500)
  {
    string_pointer = ptr_for_handle(string_pointer[i]);
    str_cpy(string_pointer, "0");
    i += 1;
  }
}

function on_button_click(button_number)
{
  string_pointer = ptr_for_handle(string_pointer[button_number-1]);
  inkey(string_pointer);
}

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If I don't use str_cpy(string_pointer, "0"); then it works with inkey an the string is 6 chars long to edit. But after str_cpy it's only 1 char long.

Hmm. Yes well, actualy you are a better coder then I am, and I didn't expected it to be so easy for finding solution to your problem. When I get home i'll try again although i'm not at your level of scripting yet.

Oh and I remember this problem with strings from some time ago when I tried working with chat script.