Type array

[Ruskin]

I need to kill enemies in my game. How do I remove them
from a type array?????

my type.....

type enemy
      st as integer
      dx as integer 
      name as string
end type

I have an array of "enemy"

public uglies() as enemy

uglies(8) dies...
Can I remove uglies(8) without setting all of its elements to empty?????

[Fox]

Redim Preserve Whatever( Count )

[SLH]

Originally posted by Fox
Redim Preserve Whatever( Count )

You would first have to shift all the enemies down 1, to make the empty one at the end of the array before you do that, which if you have a lot, could take a while, i suggest just making all it's values null.

When you next create an enemy you could just place him in that space.

[Ruskin]

Thanks but....

Is their a way to set the whole entry to null? Like;
enemy(8) = null

without doing;
enemy(8).st = null
enemy(8).name = ""
etc......

Or do you have to move each one after enemy(8)
down one and redim preserve?

[Fox]

nope:

Function DeleteEnemy( Index as Long )
   'Move last item
   Enemy( Index ) = Enemy( EnemyCount )
   
   'Cut-off last item
   EnemyCount = EnemyCount - 1
   If EnemyCount < 0 Then
      Erase Enemy
   Else
      Redim Preserve Enemy( EnemyCount )
   Endif
End Function

[Ruskin]

Holly crap
that was easy....
why didnt I think of it?

Thanks

[Fox]

The easiest things sometimes are the hardest you to work out