Graphics (800,600) Const enemy$ = "<O>" Type enemy Field x,y Field enemystring$ End Type ship.enemy = New enemy ship\x = 100 ship\y = 0 ship\enemystring$ = enemy$ SeedRnd MilliSecs() Dim alien$(3,24) While Not KeyDown(1) Cls Text ship\x, ship\y, ship\enemystring$ Repeat ;display the array For rows = 0 To 2 For columns = 0 To 14 ;Write each value to the screen Text ship\x, ship\y, ship\enemystring$(rows,columns) Next ;write a new line after each row Print "" Next Until ship\x >= 700 ship\y = ship\y + 3 Repeat Cls Text ship\x, ship\y, ship\enemystring$ ship\x = ship\x - 1 Flip Until ship\x <= 100 ship\y = ship\y + 3 Flip Wend

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Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto

But, Matt Langely would be the one to ask on Torque.
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Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto

[This message has been edited by Mene-Mene (edited January 18, 2007).]

According to your code ship\enemystring$ is a string "<O>" not an array:

Const enemy$ = "<O>"
ship\enemystring$ = enemy$

Here's a quick analogy that helped me learn arrays a long time ago:

Arrays are like post office boxes. The post office is the variable name. The PO Box number is the "index" of the array. So in basic you might have this code

Dim PostOffice$(200)

PostOffice$(120) = "Hello Grandma"

print PostOffice$(56)

for i=45 to 195 PostOffice$(i) = "Buy cheap viagra online!" next i

Here as 'i' changes through the loop, so does the PO Box that is referenced.

This analogy does break down however in the following sense. Our array post office boxes can only hold one letter. So, in this example:

PostOffice$(120) = "Hello Grandma" PostOffice$(120) = "Hello Aunty"

Does that help you understand arrays a little bit better?

Multidimensional array work exactly the same way, except there are two numbers to address the node so:

Playfield$(15,10) = "*" Playfield$(15,11) = "^"

Just keep at it, you'll figure it out.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><table width=80% border=0 bgcolor="#FFFFF" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="2"><TR><TD><font size="3" face="Courier" color="#000000"><pre>
AlienS$(2,14) ;Array of Strings for Aliens
AlienX(2,14) ;Array of X for Aliens
AlienY(2,14) ;Array of Y for Aliens
AlienSpeed(2,14) ;Array of Speed for Aliens

ColAliennum = 14 ;How many in each column of array. Set to starting amount
RowAliennum = 2 ;How many in each row of array Set to starting mount

for rows = 0 to RowAliennum
for columns = 0 to ColumnAliennum
AlienString$(rows,columns) = "<O>"
next
next

;Main loop

for rows = 0 to RowAlienNum
for columns 0 to ColumnAlienNum
AlienX(rows,columns) = AlienX(rows,columns) + AlienSpeed(rows,columns)
AlienY(rows,columns) = AlienY(rows,columsn) + AlienSpeed(rows,columns)
next
next

</pre></font></TD></TR></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE>

Its possible to do the above but its easier to do this.

Type AlienT Field X Field Y Field String$ End Type for a = 0 to (2 * 14) Alien.AlienT = new AlienT next for all.AlienT = each AlienT ;!!!! This is the loop All\String$ = "<O> next ;I want to move aliens right 1 pixel. for all.AlienT = each AlienT All\X = All\X + 1 next

this should work.

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Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto

[This message has been edited by Mene-Mene (edited January 19, 2007).]

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Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto

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Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto

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MM out-
Thought travels much faster than sound, it is better to think something twice, and say it once, than to think something once, and have to say it twice.
"Frogs and Fauns! The tournament!" - Professor Winneynoodle/HanClinto