[JASS] Question about JASS

[priest170234]

So , I have been reading other people's scripts.

I've got a few questions

I know

// ~~~

means Comment

But what about

//! ~~

, which often follow

//! runtextmacro ~~~

? What's that? It has a gray highlight, compared to comment which has a green highlight.

 

[Nestharus]

//! is preprocessor directive.

It's used for textmacros and Lua scripts.

 

[priest170234]

//! is preprocessor directive.

It's used for textmacros and Lua scripts.

Meaning? Sorry I'm new..

 

[Nestharus]

Lua Script
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/jass-functions-413/snippet-lua_jass_io-177419/

Text Macro

//! textmacro HELLO takes BOO, ADD1, ADD2
    function $BOO$ takes nothing returns integer
        return $ADD1$ + $ADD2$
    endfunction
//! endtextmacro

//! runtextmacro HELLO("AddFunc11", "5", "6")
//! runtextmacro HELLO("AddFunc15", "11", "4")
//! runtextmacro HELLO("AddFunc22", "11", "11")

That macro example is a really stupid one I know...

Text macros cannot run other text macros unless you are using cjass, which is riddled with 3 hardcore bugs.

Similar to a text macro is a module, but that has its own bugs ...

edit
Keep in mind that Lua is an entirely different language; only related to wc3 because Grimoire uses it for customization.

 

[Bribe]

Another thing to note is all grey highlighting-related things require NewGen.

Get NewGen first, then ask questions about the grey things.

 

[priest170234]

I do have NewGen long time ago... So.. What's the best way to learn JASS/vJASS?

 

[Bribe]

Tutorials, examples, testing it out yourself, prepare for weeks if not months of learning. There is no JASS crash-course, but there are some out there which are very good. Just google "jass tutorial" because there are thousands of them around.

 

[priest170234]

Reading other people's script? Like those great vJASS systems.

 

[Bribe]

Berb's Projectile was the one that motivated me to learn vJass. Its fantastic layout and documentation really helped me to make sense of everything.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/jass-functions-413/custom-projectiles-162121/

 

[priest170234]

Berb's Projectile was the one that motivated me to learn vJass. Its fantastic layout and documentation really helped me to make sense of everything.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/jass-functions-413/custom-projectiles-162121/

Cool, I'll try it out. Thanks.
Sorry can't give you Rep cause I gave you before..