Script parse problem

[Spearor]

Ok i've made a script engine which works fine, but the problem is how can i read variables and change them in my program for example:

in my program
i have a integer called 'gold' which holds the value 40

now i don't want my in my parser that it looks up for this string 'gold' and then goto the function where it read the value after it, but i want that i read 'gold' in, 'gold' is stored in a string and then reconized by my program as the integer gold.

it's a bit unclear maybe but if you need more explaination i will give it ;-)

[Agamemnus]

First I'd put each unique variable in a string. For each variable found, if it's unique: rename it to var(i) where "i" is the ith unique variable found. Otherwise, find the corresponding i-value and replace the string with that.

Then I'd know exactly which memory location each variable refers to.

[toonski84]

you can't change variables in your program because variable names are lost when you compile.

what you could do is this:

dim varnames(50) as string
dim varvalues(50) as integer

then, assign "gold" to one of the varnames values, and every time your script references a variable, search varnames for that string and change the value of varvalues for the index you find the name in varnames.

[Spearor]

major thnx guys! without you i might also come up with it, but after some big time of thinking ;-) but anywayz major thnx!

[Agamemnus]

my way is faster, toonski.