I don't really know how to look this up, but I'm lost on the difference between d: and i: when printing a message or using HudMessage. can anyone clarify?
HudMessage(s:"You must find ",
d:amount, s:" ", l:goals[goaltype],
s:"\nand destroy them.";
HUDMSG_TYPEON | HUDMSG_LOG, 0, CR_TAN, 1.5, 0.8, 5.0,
0.05, 2.0);
Thanks for any help.
What's the difference between d: and i:
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Hindsight2020
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Re: What's the difference between d: and i:
To add - also, as the wiki says, we can assume "d" stands for "decimal" and "i" stands for "integer". Both are valid. :D
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Hindsight2020
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Re: What's the difference between d: and i:
Thanks for the links and info! I don’t know why I couldn’t find it on the wiki!
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Graf Zahl
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Re: What's the difference between d: and i:
It's the same in C with printf - probably where the cue was taken from.
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Re: What's the difference between d: and i:
I imagine this is a case of giving the default representation of something its own flag: i defaults to decimal as that's what humans use, x for lowercase hexadecimal, X for uppercase hexadecimal, o for octal; etc.; I guess giving the default integer representation its own explicit flag is for consistency: don't break Principle of Least Surprise 