passing typed array

[Richard Rae]

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I have searched the forum and couldn't find the answer.How do I pass a typed array to a function and manipulate it's values?

[Kitty Hello]

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TYPE Tfoo
bar
ENDTYPE

FUNCTION phoo: f[] AS Tfoo
   FOREACH pf IN f[]
      DEBUG pf.bar+"\n"
   NEXT
ENDFUNCTIONArrays are always passed by reference. Types, too.

[Richard Rae]

Say I had a function that determined empty spaces on  a grid.This could obviously be used in several differant games.Would I always have the name of the type the same in each game or is there any way of passing the name of the type to the function.  eg function phoo:f[] as whatever type name. or would the name of the type have to be hardcoded into the function.

[Schranz0r]

No, you dont need a function !

Code (glbasic) Select Expand

TYPE Tfoo
bar
ENDTYPE

LOCAL  f[] AS Tfoo

WHILE TRUE

   FOREACH pf IN f[]
      DEBUG pf.bar+"\n"
   NEXT

SHOWSCREEN
WEND
END

[Richard Rae]

But that wouldn't be a reusable function.I don't want to be reinventing the wheel for every game I make.I would be handy if i hade a function library with premade files so that these could be included if I needed them.

[Kitty Hello]

then pack the TYPE and the function within the same gbas file.