QUOTE(Nicklas Pue @ 03/16/08, 08:51 PM) [snapback]282694[/snapback]
store the called procedure into the variable without the back tick marks...
Nope that cant be it, since the is just for parser shorthand so its just equal of calling in function form. So what virtually happens is that every occurrence of` will be converted to functional form like so:
callFunction something andSomething => (callFunction(something,andSomething))
the problem is clearly sequence
QUOTE
proc main ()
{
...
string $returnedJoints[] = alt\_findSpineJoints ($object, $prefix);
...
}
proc string[] alt_findSpineJoints (string $object, string $prefix)
Now think lineary, alt_findSpineJoints isnt defined when proc main runs the first time. But rather its defined after the proc so what you shoudl do is rearange your code to read:
CODE
proc string[] alt_findSpineJoints (string $object, string $prefix)
{
// use recursion to repeat the list relatives and get the joints down the chain
// this way i can test the name and get on the ones with "spine" in the name
string $spineJoints[];
int $counter = 0;
string $getRelatives[] = listRelatives -c -type "joint" $object;
int $i = 0;
for ($i; $i < size($getRelatives); $i++)
{
// this is the bit that will detirmin if we exit the recursion and no keep going forever
if (!gmatch($getRelatives[$i],"spine"))
{
if ($getRelatives[$i] == ($prefix+"_chest"))
{
return $spineJoints;
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
else
{
$spineJoints[$counter] = $getRelatives[$i];
$counter++;
// this is the recursion. basically were calling the proc were in with the object that meets the condition
// if theres no object then we dont call the proc
alt_findSpineJoints ($getRelatives[$i], $prefix);
}
}
}
proc main ()
{
string $object = "jedi_base";
string $prefix = "jedi";
string $returnedJoints[] = alt\_findSpineJoints ($object, $prefix); // THIS CALL PRODUCES SYNTAX ERROR
print $returnedJoints;
}
main;
A alternate tough hacky c style way would be to do it like this:
CODE
proc string[] alt_findSpineJoints (string $object, string $prefix){return {""};}
proc main ()
{
string $object = "jedi_base";
string $prefix = "jedi";
string $returnedJoints[] = alt\_findSpineJoints ($object, $prefix); // THIS CALL PRODUCES SYNTAX ERROR
print $returnedJoints;
}
proc string[] alt_findSpineJoints (string $object, string $prefix)
{
// use recursion to repeat the list relatives and get the joints down the chain
// this way i can test the name and get on the ones with "spine" in the name
string $spineJoints[];
int $counter = 0;
string $getRelatives[] = listRelatives -c -type "joint" $object;
int $i = 0;
for ($i; $i < size($getRelatives); $i++)
{
// this is the bit that will detirmin if we exit the recursion and no keep going forever
if (!gmatch($getRelatives[$i],"spine"))
{
if ($getRelatives[$i] == ($prefix+"_chest"))
{
return $spineJoints;
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
else
{
$spineJoints[$counter] = $getRelatives[$i];
$counter++;
// this is the recursion. basically were calling the proc were in with the object that meets the condition
// if theres no object then we dont call the proc
alt_findSpineJoints ($getRelatives[$i], $prefix);
}
}
}
main;
PS: Do not write code like this. its ugly besides it will not really work if you intend to reuse functions in script once you put them in a file it nolonger works (also you loose speed of evaluation because you must source it). Because running something in console does not reflect truuth as they are all in global scope.