Note that in lite-C pointers are generally defined with a '*', so the green * is required for lite-C, but must be omitted in C-Script.

whats the secret to getting a green asterix ? this is strange to me thanks in advance

hmmm, i've never seen a green asterisk when defining pointers? Where have you seen this green asterisk?

if you type string in the search engine of game studio manual you will find the quote i pulled out of there its
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Strings Script Language 6


Strings are a plain sequence of alphanumerical characters - letters, numbers or symbols - which can be used for messages, onscreen menus or text panels. They are defined this way:

STRING* name = "characters";
Defines a global string pointer with the given name and initializes it to the content characters between double quotation marks. If the character content is spread over several lines, line feeds are automatically inserted. LC Note that in lite-C pointers are generally defined with a '*', so the green * is required for lite-C, but must be omitted in C-Script.

thats more of the quote

LOL, that's only the manual illustrating that for lite-c you must have a * after a string. It is only coloured green in the manual to stand out to the user. You cannot actually get a coloured * in code, lol.

Never mind...keep learning, lol.

lol ok that makes sence,, what was confusing was
LC Note that in lite-C pointers are generally defined with a '*' << not green
so the green * is required for lite-C <<< this asterix was green

i thought they were trying to tell me something different lol
well now that i got that out of my system thanks a lot

ok here is something that initially made me aske the question
STRING* Test="hello"; that gives me an error
STRING* Test; gives me no error
what did i do wrong?

hmmm... STRING* Test="hello"; wont produce an error, it's set up correctly.

You must be doing something else wrong.

Do you have

#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>

at the top of your script?

<<.>> hmn i guess includes would make a difference, there wasnt any listed in any of the gamestudio manuals,,,when i was reading them i guess im used to a different format of code

int nNumber=5;
string sWord="word";
float fDecimal=2.53984;
void Myvoid(int,nNumber);

ok thanks,, sorry to be a pain and I apapreciate all the guidance i can get while stumbling through this,, I bet those includes will solve a lot of my problems.
Do i need to state any paths for these at all ? or if they are all in the same existing folder with my wdl then all is good?

wdl? This is the lite-c programming forum, wdl is c-script and cannot be used for lite-c. Seems you are confusing the languages.

Includes definetely make a difference. Without them you cannot use many of the internal objects like strings, texts, bmaps and panels.

You wont need a path to them, they are found automatically by SED.

From what you've asked i am guessing that you havent worked through the lite-c workshops. You can find them on the downloads page. They cover alot of what you have asked and get you started with the fundamentals of the engine.



LOL, that's what we're here for, to answer questions.

ok thats where the confusion is, every c program i have ever done was saved as a ****.c for a main or ***.h for a header or ****.o for object and so i assumed ***.wdl was for c-lite. I will gander over these tutorials, I guess there is a little more required to this then your basic programming knowledge. thank you very much. You are extremely helpful ill come back when i have completed these tutorials, as i am sure they have some information for me.