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Skit3000 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:18 am Post subject: #define bug

I made some little scrips which used the #define command. I couldn't use more than 9 variables (%1 to %9), so I thought, maybe I could use the shift command to shift the parameters. But it still can't get the value of parameters after the %9 variable. I think this is a big bug, because I now can't make some scripts in the 'VDS way', by using commas to seperate the values.... Crying or Very sad

jules · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 1:39 pm Post subject:

It's not a bug. When you call a command or function, the parameters or arguments are assigned to variables %1 to %9. You cannot have more than 9 parameters or arguments. It's the same when passing parameters to a program on the command line. In fact, VDS uses exactly the same code in both cases. The shift command shifts %2 to %1, %3 to %2 etc, %9 to %8 and leaves %9 blank.

Skit3000 · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject:

Isn't it possible to get all parameters with one function, so I can parse them myself?

Garrett · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 7:55 pm Post subject:

%%CmdLine = %1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%9

Or

%%CmdLine = %1|%2|%3|%4|%5|%6|%7|%8|%9

-Garrett

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

Garrett I turned off the smilies in the above post for you, it was showing
a face. Wink

Garrett · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I didn't notice that after I posted.

-Garrett

Skit3000 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 9:43 am Post subject:

Garrett, that was what I ment, you can't use more than 9 variables when including scripts... Crying or Very sad

Garrett · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:49 pm Post subject:

Actually, I can cram 200 parameters into just %1 if I wanted. It's in how
you send the parameters from one of your programs to the other. Leaving
a space between them causes VDS to move to the next variable.

If you send your parameters without spaces and use a special character
to seperate them within the command line, you can have as many as
you want.

But you're responsible for sorting out the mess you make. Wink

Run %0 /Name:Garrett/LastName:Hylltun/Age:ReallyOld/Interest:VDS

As far as VDS is concerned, that's just one single parameter above. I'm
sure there's a character limit in place by windows, but I've not run into
yet myself doing the above. I'd suggest limiting each variable to 10
parameters. So you could have up to 90 parameters if you want. More
if you want to push the limits. Wink

-Garrett

FreezingFire · **Admin Team** Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 3508

I think what Skit means is that he wants to do his units the "VDS-Style"
way, with commas separating it so it is easy to use, like this:

Serge · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:09 am Post subject:

good lateral thinking there garrett Very Happy

serge

Skit3000 · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 8:29 am Post subject:

Or a function/variable to get all parameters... Wink

jules · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 8:36 am Post subject:

If you want to pass a long list of items to process them one at a time probably the best way of doing it is put them into a string list.

Skit3000 · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 8:48 am Post subject:

I want to do something like this, so it is in 'real VDS style'...

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