Loading up an Array from string in DAT section

CassLan

Hi,

I'm assuming the DAT section in a spin program would be the place to keep a game level.

I have a simple map:

DAT···········
map1···· byte· "SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS·SSSS· SSSSSSSSSSSSSSΔ"

I'm actually using other chars but they wont display in this post..anyway.

I'd like to·have these read into an array:

·mapdata[noparse][[/noparse]mapindex]

So that I may draw the map on screen as well as navigate through.

Whats the best way to read these values into my array?

Thanks,

Rick

CassLan

Found the syntax
Page 167 in prop manual

Index := 0
repeat
· Temp := BYTE[noparse][[/noparse]@MyString][noparse][[/noparse]Index++] 'Read chars into Temp
· <do something with Temp> 'Perform task with character
while Temp > 0 'Loop until end found

Rick

tpw_man

You can also use bytemove. It is faster than that repeat loop, but unless temp just gets printed to the screen, bytemove will not work work.

[noparse][[/noparse]code]
bytemove(@myarray, @mydata, 200) 'move 200 bytes from the address of mydata and write it to the address at myarray.

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CassLan

Thanks, Thats very helpfull.

Once I'm at the point where I need to trim the code up I will def do that!!!!

Atm its not sure how long the level is so when the level is loaded from the DAT section it reads until it hits an end char. However when things are complete I guess I will know how long each level will be and have that length bytemove'd as a whole chunk like that and not char by char.

thanks again,

Rick