Hi,

I use the following code:



This call works fine:

STRING* LEVEL_INFO = "INFO ";
STRING* fctName = "test";

ediag(fctName, LEVEL_INFO, "huhu");

But this gives me "wrong number/types of parameter":

ediag(fctName, "huhu");

But this works:

ediag(fctName, str_create("huhu"));

The same with:

ediag("huhu");

isn't working, but

ediag(str_create("huhu"));

works fine.

Can someone help (or tell) me why I don't need str_create in the first case, but in all others?

Regards,
Pegamode.

You need the str_create function to create a string. And only a string is the correct type which have to be passed to the function. If you want to use your functions the other way, you have to change the type from STRING into char

But then the line:

ediag(fctName, LEVEL_INFO, "huhu");

should not work either, but it works fine.

By the way those lines are also correct (from the tutorial):

STRING* player_str = "Johnny Bravo";
STRING* test_string = ""; // empty string
STRING* riddle = "#100"; // string which stores up to 100 characters

Passing string to functions is still something of a black art.
(Sell your soul to the devil and it gets EASIER)

Try changing your function calls to use the builtin _str() function like so,
ediag(fctName, _str("huhu")); and it should sort the problem out.

In THEORY, ediag(fctName, "huhu"); shouldnt ever work, but something
in the way 3DGS does its "automatic" conversion of String to char and vise-versa
doesnt always work right, or doesnt always work wrong, depending on your point of view.
Throw overloaded functions into the mix and it just gets worse.

Ok, that's what I thought.
Maybe JCL can correct it some day :-)

Regards,
Pegamode.