How to clear a TYPE.

[Sokurah]

In BlitzMax I would normally clear a TYPE by doing so;

Enemies_list.Clear

...but how would I clear this one in GLBasic?

GLOBAL EnemyTYPE[] AS Enemies

Can it be done with one command like in Blitz?

[Bursar]

If the aim is to delete all of the entities in the Type, then you could do:

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foreach enemy in EnemyTYPE[]
   delete enemy
next


[MrTAToad]

A more efficient way would be :

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DIM EnemyType[0]

or

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REDIM EnemyType[0]

[Sokurah]

Thanks. I was hoping for a more elegant solution for initialising a level, as 20 loops like this is pretty messy.

But it works. Thanks.

Aha. A new reply before I was done answering. I'll try that too, MrTAToad. 

[Sokurah]

A more efficient way would be :

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DIM EnemyType[0]

or

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REDIM EnemyType[0]

Would've been...if it worked. But it doesn't - I've tried. 

[Ian Price]

Dim EnemyTYPE[0] seems to work for me.

GLB is case-sensitive. Make sure your case matches, otherwise you are DIM'ing a new array.

[MrTAToad]

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TYPE tType
a%
ENDTYPE

LOCAL EnemyType[] AS tType; DIM EnemyType[20]
DEBUG BOUNDS(EnemyType[],0)+"\n"
DIM EnemyType[0]
DEBUG BOUNDS(EnemyType[],0)+"\n"

Result :

20
0

Works just fine 

[Kitty Hello]

DIM -> also free up memory used. REDIM -> set counter to 0, keep intern memory to avoid lots or memory allocations.