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echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I really wish I can learn to use something like a dictionary. there are functions in that code that exist to act like a dictionary, they take a string and then I loop through every item in the array searching for a match for the string, and return some bullshit. it feels like a tragic solution to what feels like it should have a much simpler solution

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 13:48

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 07:12

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

my homie dhall posted:

what you really need is a finite state machine and algebraic data types mate

wtf ok imma boot up wikipedia and read some mf words

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 14:09

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

prisoner of waffles posted:

echi try this poo poo out, you might like it:
https://www.executeprogram.com/courses/modern-javascript

it teaches some of the nicer stuff that has become available in all browsers (and been available for quite a while at this point) and it does spaced recall testing so that you can learn a thing and have it reinforced.

it's also a nice way to give some money to the guy who made the "javascript wat" presentation, if you want the premium account

thankyou very much this looks good and is something achievable

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 20:30

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

noted

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 21:14

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Wheany posted:

i'm just going to use this as an example, but you don't need to use "new" here, instead you can just use an object literal:

JavaScript code:

for (let gameStateDataIndex = 0; gameStateDataIndex < setOfCrime.length; gameStateDataIndex++) {
	gameState[gameStateDataIndex] = {
		state:0,
		numberTimesCommitted: 0,
		datetimeCrimeWillEnd: 0,
	}
}

or, if you want to use a function to create your objects (which is fine):

JavaScript code:

// struct for accumulated data (I expect to add more as time goes on)
function structOfGameState(state, numberTimesCommitted, datetimeCrimeWillEnd, datetimeCrimeStarted) {
	// using shorthand object notation
	return {
		state,
		numberTimesCommitted,
		datetimeCrimeWillEnd,
		datetimeCrimeStarted
	}
}

function structOfGameStateButWithOldNotation(state, numberTimesCommitted, datetimeCrimeWillEnd, datetimeCrimeStarted) {
	// using the traditional notation
	return {
		state: state,
		numberTimesCommitted: numberTimesCommitted,
		datetimeCrimeWillEnd: datetimeCrimeWillEnd,
		datetimeCrimeStarted: datetimeCrimeStarted
	}
}


for (let gameStateDataIndex = 0; gameStateDataIndex < setOfCrime.length; gameStateDataIndex++) {
    gameState[gameStateDataIndex] = structOfGameState(0, 0, 0); // no "new" operator, just a function call
}

i�ll have a look at these later and get my head around them. something satisfying I get when coding is discovering a new and significantly better approach to making something work.

here�s a question : in unreal engine blueprints there�s this thing called select

let�s say I needed to plug a float into a function, select means I plug the select into the float input and then put multiple float options into the select, and then something like a boolean or integer index or even an enumeration, and then at run time the float is chosen from the options depending on the indexing input

I use it all the time because it feels clean.

and I�ve just thought about it and think I know how you could do it in js but would feel ugly and spose pointers would also be helpful achieving this .. just thinking out loud

coz of the nodes, the select node doesn�t really messy up the code, in fact it makes it clearer than the top example using branch

I spose in-line it might make for some gnarly to pull apart code and more challenging to work out what�s going on later sitch

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 21:30

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I am realising now looking at those examples that there is a performance price to pay, at least in those blueprints. but I can imagine how pointers wouldn�t introduce that issue

anyway lol what am I talking about I�ve never used a pointer in my life

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 21:32

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Subjunctive posted:

you mean you want to map it? can use an array or object for that depending on what keys you want. for zero-based integers:
code:
const select = [�red�, �blue�, �green�, �butts�];

�

let colourIndex = 3;
let colour = select[colourIndex]; // �butts�

amazing

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 23:20

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

doesn�t pl just mean programming language not plang?

# ¿ Sep 22, 2023 03:48

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

# ¿ Sep 22, 2023 04:29

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

all good lol spose I misunderstood this thread :cry:

# ¿ Sep 22, 2023 04:31

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

neosloth posted:

whats an array

just a long string

# ¿ Sep 22, 2023 10:51

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Kazinsal posted:

I would simply fake my death and move to belize

# ¿ Sep 22, 2023 10:51

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

echinopsis fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Sep 22, 2023

# ¿ Sep 22, 2023 10:52

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

RokosCockatrice posted:

I don't know anything about javascript or your code, I just liked that there's a 'commitcrime' function. Good function name.

I will never regret living life to the full

# ¿ Sep 22, 2023 10:53

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

rotor posted:

just use numbers higher than 255?? doesnt seem hard imo

there's even 26 letters to use

# ¿ Jan 31, 2024 04:37

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

eschaton posted:

such a toolkit ships with your platform of choice and the waiver should be to use something other than it

every time a web view pretending to be an app overrides the standard macOS text editing commands because the webshits who wrote the megabytes of JavaScript depleting my battery thought they knew better than the actual experts working on TextKit, I want to use my fists and their faces to generate some expressionist art

are you ok

don�t get me wrong I love the passion and the posts but you�re giving that fart in class poppin veins guy vibes. which just wanna be clear I love. read every word. never stop

# ¿ Jan 31, 2024 12:47

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

why not have the real file name and file display name be different things

no problems

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 11:12

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

MSDOS had it right with 8.3 in all caps

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 11:13

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

VikingofRock posted:

Filesystems/OSs should just give every file a UUID and then use that. Then, allow users to set the display names to whatever they want. Users wanna have 50 different files on their desktop, all called "temp.txt" or whatever? I say, let them!

hell, every file is 24 digit alphabuermic random number w

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 23:37

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Д is just A

# ¿ Feb 2, 2024 04:46

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

this gives me a headache

# ¿ Feb 2, 2024 06:10

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

so both my kids learn coding in school and this pharmacist at work wants to move into the field (seems like a bad move job security wise)

anyway I was just thinking because of this, kids should start with shenzen io

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 00:06

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

yeah so that�s why curiously wondering if it�s helpful or not to teach them how computers work first

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 06:15

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

isn�t that a tool you replicate cpu�s in?

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 07:42

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

rust is still a baby

dude at work is learning himself some python and he asked me my opinion on what he should learn next. idk why me? spose coz I sometimes talk about coding stuff with him and I have a few more clues but ya know i�m still a loving casual. anyway I told him ~~perl~~ js because I assume that�s a language that is handy to know seeing as it�s loving everywhere

# ¿ Feb 16, 2024 03:45

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

redleader posted:

yeah, a good question to ask him (and then the thread) is "what do you want to do with that knowledge?"

the answer would be �get out of pharmacy where I have to deal with humans�

Internet Janitor posted:

js is definitely a handy language to know from a "getting stuff done" perspective, and it can be used in conjunction with server-side python to make webapps

likewise c is a handy language to know (at least the rudiments), and again it can easily go hand-in-hand with python

if he doesn't already know some flavor of sql, learning with posgres or sqlite makes sense

if he's interested in game modding, lua is a neat little lang

if he wants to learn a language that'll stretch his general understanding of programming, rather than be directly useful, any of scheme, ocaml, forth, prolog, erlang, rebol, or apl/j/k would surely expose him to new ideas

this is interesting to me at the very least. I am on an amateur level familiar with python, c, js.. but never even looked at those other ones. I find coding interesting from a pure interest level, not just �get poo poo done� level, so that�s a good start

I�ve been suggested to learn react which I know is ultimately js/html but it�s to get some poo poo done. i�ll get my head round it. a concept with me making crimecommitter was pure js but when i�ve been reading about react seems like I can focus a bit more on the mechanics and less on it fundamentally displaying anything. but i�m just rambling now

# ¿ Feb 16, 2024 05:11

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

keep going keep going I am almost there

# ¿ Feb 16, 2024 07:47

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

lol

# ¿ Feb 18, 2024 18:55

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I can get my load time down to about three minutes if I wait a week

# ¿ Feb 19, 2024 21:55

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

docking huh

# ¿ Feb 21, 2024 00:34

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 07:12

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

FlapYoJacks posted:

Slackware on floppy disks was my first distro.

I was team slackware for a while

then team bsd

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 07:10

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