Sorting/Looping examples?

sparker

Hi guys,

I am at the stage of my game where I need to sort 10 numbers (can be reals or integers) from lowest to highest. Is there some way of looping (I'm thinking I can just create another attribute called 'x' and add 1 to 'x' after each cycle until 'x' reaches a certain number?). Has anyone got any examples of how they have done this in GS?

Failing that, (should always ask the easier option first!) is there a function built in that will automatically sort a set of numbers?

I can sort of see how this would/could work (well the loop anyway) but would be curious on seeing how others have done it.

Thanks,
Sam

rebump

You can use an attribute to hold an integer value of the result of using the modulus operator on the game timer. May need to multiply the timer and/or add a static value to get the ranges just right for the endpoints of the loop range. Probably add a boolean attribute to keep track of when you need to end the loop or at least an additional rule line/entry in a rule block. Not near GS to test out something for you but I know I was messing with something similar about a week or so ago.

sparker

wow - that sounds complicated!!! If you do come across an example on screen that you can take a snap of, please do. Will no doubt help clear things in my mind!

Thanks,
Sam

ORBZ

no, just think of rules as loop conditions. use < and > and the min and max functions. i don't think you need a timer

rebump

Yeah, you can just use an attribute with some rule conditions and an increment (or decrement) of the attribute within the rule's behaviors.

The timer method is a neat way to loop through some iterations at a given time tick mark and you can stop, as I stated, upon a condition being met like in the other style ORBZ mentions and I mention in my previous paragraph.

Sorry, it sounded like you had the first method down. I was throwing out another. Didn't mean to confuse.

sparker

Hi guys,

its been a long time since I first asked this, but I am back to the same point again. I have 10 attributes (reals) that I need to sort into other attributes based on how big they are. Has anyone got a bit of example code they could show me on how to do this?

Your help greatly appreciated!

Sam

sparker

I'm trying to do this basically:

while (game.i <= 10)
{
if(game.racer[game.i] > game.temptime)
{
game.temptime = global.racer[game.i,];
game.tempracernumber = game.i;
}
global.i = global.i + 1;
}

is this possible via a relatively simple method in GS?
Sam