[PM]

Originally Posted by v3x oh, hello pm, maybe you should make a tutorial on the use of static variables instead

Sorry; I didn't mean to be impolite, just wanted to clear that up in case anyone thought that a static variable suddenly pops up when the line of code where it was declared is executed and then remains there until the universe implodes.

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by PM Sorry; I didn't mean to be impolite, just wanted to clear that up in case anyone thought that a static variable suddenly pops up when the line of code where it was declared is executed and then remains there until the universe implodes.

I'll edit this in, and thanks, I was under the impression that after they're initialized they stay in the the .DATA section.

[Cheap_Suit]

Originally Posted by v3x oh, hello pm, maybe you should make a tutorial on the use of static variables instead

No offence, but if PM writes them. Noobs like myself will have a hard time understanding them. Like what he just wrote!

Anyways, Thanks for you info!

[TheNewt]

(clears throat)

Sorry; I didn't mean to be impolite,

He is apologizing.

just wanted to clear that up in case anyone thought that a static variable

He is announcing what he is clearing up.

suddenly pops up when the line of code where it was declared is executed and then remains there until the universe implodes.

Actually thats worded a bit funky... He is saying when a line of code, is declared, and is executed, in the plugin, that the person whos viewing the code, won't think that the static variable, will stay there untill the end of time... Does that clear it up a bit?

[PM]

Oh perhaps I should have written it more clearly.

The static variable "exists" as long as the plugin is loaded. It is loaded into memory (as a part of the plugin's DAT section) when the plugin is loaded (that is, on map start), and it is freed when the plugin is unloaded (on map end / server shutdown). My point was, the static variable is not "created" when the line it is declared in is first reached. It is in memory as long as the plugin is loaded.

[Identity]

static variable initialized
  
  Hawk552 joins server
  client_connect called (by Hawk552)
  zomg joins server
  client_connect called (by zomg) 
  static variable already exists
  get name (by Hawk552)
  get name (by zomg)-> now looks like "zomg\052\0...", however it ends at the first \0 so the trailing 52 doesn't matter
  print name (by Hawk552)
  print name (by zomg)

In this case it'll print zomg twice?

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by Identity static variable initialized Hawk552 joins server client_connect called (by Hawk552) zomg joins server client_connect called (by zomg) static variable already exists get name (by Hawk552) get name (by zomg)-> now looks like "zomg\052\0...", however it ends at the first \0 so the trailing 52 doesn't matter print name (by Hawk552) print name (by zomg) In this case it'll print zomg twice?

Uhh... what?

[Identity]

Uhh... what?

I mean, if two(or many) players connect at same time, static variable szName will be overwritten and client_print display incorrect results?

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by Identity I mean, if two(or many) players connect at same time, static variable szName will be overwritten and client_print display incorrect results?

No, it won't. HL isn't multi-threaded, and even if it was, the entire function is executed at once. That can never, ever possibly happen.

[Dr. Jan Itor]

what difference do the numbers have? like whats the diff on

#include <amxmodx>
#include <amxmisc>

 public plugin_init()
   register_plugin("The Internet","Has","Spoken")

public client_connect(id)
{
    static szName[33]
    
    get_user_name(id,szName,32)
    client_print(0,print_chat,"the matrix has %s",szName)
}

and

#include <amxmodx>
#include <amxmisc>

public plugin_init()
    register_plugin("The Internet","Has","Spoken")

public client_connect(id)
{
    static szName[128]
    
    get_user_name(id,szName,127)
    client_print(0,print_chat,"the matrix has %s",szName)
}