Arrays and structs

[RedXVII]

Thanks alot AeroASM and everyone else :U I should be able to get this working now  :cheekygreen:

Pro3carp3: whats the code for the way you would do it?

[RedXVII]

Just tried it:

console.asm(10) : error A2179: structure improperly initialized
console.asm(10) : error A2065: expected : )

.data
charArray CHAR_INFO 400 dup(0)     //line 10  !?!?!


you sure that works AeroASM? what does the error mean?

[pro3carp3]

This is untested and probably needs corrections, but it is the general idea:

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...
struct CharInfo
   union
      dword UnicodeChar
      byte Char
   ends
   word Attributes
CharInfo ends

...

.data?

...

CharArray CharInfo 400 dup (<?>)

...

.code

...

;In program initialization:
   xor eax, eax
   mov edi, offset CharArray
   mov ecx, SIZEOF(CharInfo)*400
   cld
   rep stosd



[RedXVII]

That wont compile either - is the format wrong?

console.asm(14) : error A2138: invalid data initializer
console.asm(14) : error A2036: too many initial values for structure

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.data?
charArray CHAR_INFO 400 dup (<?>)                    //Line 14   

[MichaelW]

This should compile OK:

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charArray CHAR_INFO 400 dup (<>)


[RedXVII]

WOOHOO! It compiles and worked as i wanted it

Thanks alot everyone - ive now learnt how to use these so now my programming is going to get more interesting.

Thanks alot everyone!!!  :U   :U