Checking regions sequentially

[Titanhex]

I have some rects on my map, and I need to use a few of them to check if a unit will spawn there. There are 21 to check. I need to check which rect was entered in order to find out if the unit will be respawning in it.

Instead of doing a ton of if thens, I would like to do a loop instead. I want to loop thrugh the rects.

My first idea was to rename the rects to start with a number, then loop an integer + 1 every time and check by converting it to a string. But I don't know how to convert the name of the rect.

Is there some easy way to loop through rects?

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Sure, create a Rect array variable and that should work for your loops, like
For Each Integer # 1 - 21 do
Check MyRect[# + 1]

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

Except start at 0 because that's how arrays work.

Also, a string would not work because WC3 does not use strings to look at a variables name.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Except start at 0 because that's how arrays work.

Also, a string would not work because WC3 does not use strings to look at a variables name.

STOP!! BLASPHEMA!!
Well I was just using an example, as poor as it was, but yes its never too late to begin good practice, always start your arrays from 0, never 1. And I don't think that he meant using S2I like ArrayVariable[S2I] I think he meant GetNameOfRect(whatever its called) then if his Rect was named Square01 then he could S2I the last few characters of a string and then check them either with an integer comparison or simply placing those in the array, don't know if its doable though. E.g. GetRectNameorString(Square01),if (Convert last 2 characters of string "Square01" to Integer) == 1 then do actions:

 

[Titanhex]

Darkness is right.

I'm highly doubtful that there's any method to allow me to convert a variable's name to string and back into a variable, or anything comparable. So the array method seems like the best course of action.

 

[Maker]

Sometimes it's a good idea to start your arrays from index 1, especially when dealing with player numbers. Otherwise you have to use player number -1 as your index.

But this only concerns GUI. In JASS player numbers begin from 0.