[joaquimandrade]

Originally Posted by Atspulgs Ok, 1st of all it doesnt even tells me what language it is.(so what is this language?)Edited: Ok i see now its pawn or something (never been able to remember the name of this language) Oh and rly small letters there Is it object oriented? 2nd i was confused about the variable declaration you used. As im more familiar with variables such as short, long, int, char, boolean and so on. (i would like some clearing there.) 3rd (this is more personal understanding) I noticed that you explained the function. I dunno but it looked like a method to me so it confused me a bit. (so what is a method now and what is a function). there are loads of things that could be added but i consider they were not meant to be included in this tutorial. (but i would like to see somewhat more advanced stuff after clearing my first questions and confusions i mentioned above) (i would say im looking forward to next parts and i will read trough posts that were made and edit my post if anything changes) P.S. i am a beginner at programming and i have little understanding of it, in my opinion. Added later on: is there an ebook on differences between pawn and java? its just that im more familiar with java than C. thx.

Not objected orient, a method is a function associated to an object, there are not int, long, short, double (or any type keyword) because pawn is typeless. There's only a type in pawn called "cell".

[Atspulgs]

thx, that explains a lot.
im reading the wiki and i just want someone to explain this to me more clearly

new a = 3 //This is also totally invalid. //a must be a constant number. new BadArray[a] //So this is valid: const b = 3 new GoodArray[b]

thx

[joaquimandrade]

Originally Posted by Atspulgs thx, that explains a lot. im reading the wiki and i just want someone to explain this to me more clearly thx

It's a constraint of the language. Arrays must have a constant size, known at compile time.

[Atspulgs]

so basically const says this variable cannot be changed, correct?
another question i stumbled upon is:
if i wan to declare an array of numbers that happened to be between 0 and 255, how will it know whether to use ascii or not?

[joaquimandrade]

Originally Posted by Atspulgs so basically const says this variable cannot be changed, correct? another question i stumbled upon is: if i wan to declare an array of numbers that happened to be between 0 and 255, how will it know whether to use ascii or not?

Correct.

When you save a value between 0 and 255 in a variable you can read it as character or as a number. It doesn't depend on how you store it. It depends on how you use it.

[Atspulgs]

ok that answer is going to be alright for now as i havent finished reading the wiki page and i have a feeling there might be an answer so that would be it for now thx.

[joaquimandrade]

Originally Posted by Atspulgs ok that answer is going to be alright for now as i havent finished reading the wiki page and i have a feeling there might be an answer so that would be it for now thx.

Ask what you want whenever you need.

[Atspulgs]

i have been introduced with pawn. Now when i make an include, it allows me to use prewritten functions for example amxmodx functions right? Are they written in pawn? (just to clarify)
either way can u briefly explain the use of public and private and/or other function prefixes (not sure how to call them).

i also noticed that there is a bit of a hierarchy. can you also warn me on can's and cant's
thx

[joaquimandrade]

Originally Posted by Atspulgs i have been introduced with pawn. Now when i make an include, it allows me to use prewritten functions for example amxmodx functions right? Are they written in pawn? (just to clarify) either way can u briefly explain the use of public and private and/or other function prefixes (not sure how to call them). i also noticed that there is a bit of a hierarchy. can you also warn me on can's and cant's thx

With an include you include another file. Just that. It's not a special file. The "prewritten functions" you are talking about are called natives and are provided by amxmodx modules. They are declared in include files but you don't need an include file to declare them.

Public and private are visibility modifiers. A private function can't be called from outside it's plugin so you can't associate it to a command or call it via a scheduled task.

About the hierarchy I don't know what you are talking about.

[Atspulgs]

thx for that.
ill be taking my leave for im tired.