[JASS] JASS private and local variables

[Darkness-4ever]

I'm tryin to learn to do more advanced triggers, and I feel like I may eventually need to learn how to use different kinds of variables, so what I'd like to know is what is a private variable and how is it different than local and global ones? Thanks in advance for responding.

 

[aznricepuff]

If you're talking about vJASS, private variables have to do with encapsulation. Private variables (and functions and structs) can only be accessed inside the scope in which they are declared. So if you do:

scope A
globals
    private integer i
endglobals
endscope

scope B
    function foo takes nothing returns nothing
        set i = 2
    endfunction
endscope

You would get a compile error because function foo in scope B is trying to access a private variable in another scope.


If you have no idea wut vJASS is, then I have no idea what you're talking about cuz plain JASS doesn't have encap.

 

[Darkness-4ever]

Yea, i figured it must have been part of vJASS but i just needed that cleared up thanks.