cJASS Definition Library

[Nestharus]

Starting a thread where we can post definitions for common use or w/e : ). They may be keywords that are in C and are missing in cJASS, or they may be keywords to make life easier that are just obvious : ).

define 
{
    <const> = constant
    <init> = initializer
    <Int> (x) = R2I(x)
    <Float> (x) = x.
}

//Use
const int x = 0
scope Hi init ini
Int(7.2)
Float(7)

Trying to make the last 2 into this

(Int) 7.2
(Float) 7

This is the start of my list. Everyone feel free to reply with more keywords for shortcuts and better ways to do stuffs =P.

 

[EvilStalker]

If you want print, you'd better use "cj_print.j" - among all others, it introduces "printf" function, which uses C-like formatting rules for output formatting and "DisplayTextToPlayer" for text output.

For now, you can read about it here


Anyway, the manual is coming in a couple of days =]

 

[Element of Water]

That float thing doesn't work right. What if you wanted to convert the output of a function such as GetUnitAbilityLevel to a real.

x = Float(GetUnitAbilityLevel(MyUnit, MyAbil))
//ends up as
set x = GetUnitAbilityLevel(MyUnit, MyAbil).

 

[Nestharus]

I think a very simple print statement should still be added, like Perl's simple print. I'm not into typing a whole lot of extra parameters I really don't need and I def hate the idea of typing sBJDebugMsg O-o.

sBJDebugMsg should just be print ^_^.

Also, for the float, didn't think about that, but really I'm still trying to get it to go with just plain typecasting =).

(float) (int) (unit) etc : D. The other handle types will require a special object handling thingie tho that Spawn uses : \.

 

[EvilStalker]

There is printf, which is also rather short and you can use it either with parameters or just with a string

 

[Nestharus]

Ah, without documentation on what you've done with cJASS, it's hard to guess how similar to the regular printf function it is ^_^.

If it can just be printf("Hello World"), i suppose it would be a better bet to just use it : ).

 

[EvilStalker]

Yes, ofc you can use it without formatting, with text only: like

printf("Hi!")

and it will become

call DisplayTimedTextToPlayer(GetLocalPlayer(), 0, 0, 60,  "Hi!")

 

[aznricepuff]

cJASS has not really become a standard yet. And in my opinion it's not going to become a standard anytime soon because all it really is is a bunch of syntactical eye candy that doesn't really add anything truly functional to JASS.

And in any case, I don't think this is the right place for this thread. I'm moving it to the triggers and scripts section.