Re: Could I put commands in a variable

From: James Edward Gray II (james_at_grayproductions.net)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 13:40:13 -0600
To: "Joel" <Trag16@hotmail.com>

On Feb 19, 2004, at 1:22 PM, Joel wrote:

> Yes, BASIC is the only programming I have ever done. All I can really
> remember was PRINT, GOTO, and a variety of line numbers.

Most of us were there at some point. We just don't talk about it much.
  :D

> I'm trying to write a text adventure (Don't look at me like that, Perl
> is a general purpose
> language!).

I have a semi-functional MUD I wrote in Perl sitting in my To Finish
Someday pile. You'll get no funny looks from me.

> I'm getting tired of writing large chunks of code that I reuse
> the basic structure of and wouldn't mind an easier solution.

That's why we have loops, conditionals, subroutines, modules....

> I'll go look up subroutines, allthough GOTO does just fine for me.

No it doesn't. Reread your previous sentence. ;)

I bet we can open your eyes to a whole new world, if we see some of
that code. If it's especially large, perhaps you could post it online
somewhere and just give us a link. I know I would be happy to go take
a look at it and provide suggestions.

James

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