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Just wanted to say thank you to Chris B and clipka, you guys solved it. :-)
ian
"[GDS|Entropy]" <gds### [at] hotmail com> wrote in message
news:4985a63c$1@news.povray.org...
>I am trying to fill an array with vectors from inside the loop which builds
>the vectors, to be used outside of that loop (by a macro which tests ray
>intersection, and if so draws a glow).
> So far I have been completely unsuccessful, having tried setting the array
> up two different ways each producing a different error stating that the
> one thing or another is uninitialized.
>
> I have read the FM regarding arrays, but still fail to see their
> usefulness if the data they contain isn't portable outside the scope of
> the loop which populates them.
> I just want a List<T> right about now...
>
> What I am trying to do is this (pseudo code to save space):
>
> declare array
>
> macro
> loop
> fill array
> endloop
> endmacro
>
> use array
>
> If I had my List<T> I could just do:
>
> List<vector> myList = new List<vector>();
> while (n < 6)
> {
> myList.Add(<Math.Sin(n),n,Math.Cos(n)>)
> n++;
> }
>
> foreach(vector v in myList)
> {
> testRay(v,cam_pt,myObject)
> }
>
> Is there a way to do this in povray?
>
> My second question: I have an object constructed thusly-I translate an
> object(a) into an "object(b) of objects(a)" in one loop, then translate
> that "object(b)" into an "object(c) of objects(b)". Is there a way using
> an array as specified above, to determine the end position in object(c) of
> each object(a) using vtransform (or something)? Am I close?
>
> I've used pov for years, but never consistantly enough to know how to do
> either of these two things in SDL.
>
> I am half considering just writing a freaking C# program to dump my
> vectors into a file, which I could import into povray...but thats a really
> ugly solution.
>
> I would really appreciate any help with this, as these two problems have
> plagued me for years in various incarnations across many WIP, including my
> most recent. >_<'
>
> thanks,
> ian
>
>
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