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NULL value in cog?

2001-09-18, 3:27 PM #1

Brian

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Can you assign a variable a NULL value?

Like:

myvariable = NULL;

to wipe anything that's in it?

2001-09-18, 3:32 PM #2

lordvader

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myvariable = 0;

Generally, the "undefined" value is -1, for example, with jkStringOutput(), when there is no target, the second param is -1.

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2001-09-18, 4:08 PM #3

Brian

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Okay, what happens if you try to access an array with a -1 value?

I can't use '0' because all my arrays are 0-indexed arrays (players[0] - players[7] for instance).

2001-09-19, 6:17 AM #4

Maverick

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The best bet is it will do nothing, though it could probably crash the game, if the engine really tries to access something that doesn't exist, as arrays ALWAYS start off at 0.

[This message has been edited by Maverick (edited September 19, 2001).]

Maverick

2001-09-19, 5:00 PM #5

Hideki

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What do you actually mean?

If you want to turn array[X] value into nothing, just do

array[X] = 0;

You can't undefine any variables.

array[-1] can't just exist.

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