<xml><thread isTerrible="true" isUnderstandable="false" /></xml> - Coding help thread

**NoirAvlaa** · February 23 2013, 08:20:59 PM

I've been trying to figure out stuff in Javascript for hours now. I've made some headway, but I need some help now.

All this needs to be done on the canvas in HTML5. Not allowed to use jQuery, external libraries or create my own libraries, everything needs to be done in page(Lecturer was very specific about this).

drawCanvas() is linked to an onload event on the body, and other animations work so I know it's loading

If anyone could give me some pointers, here's what I've got so far:-

Global code for context, not broken:-

Spoiler:

Broken code 1:-

Spoiler:

Broken code 2(NOW SOLVED THANKS TO AEA):-

Spoiler:

Fairly low quality stuff, but I'm only first year so meh. Anyone got any ideas?

**Aea** · February 23 2013, 10:25:03 PM

I absolutely loathe when people don't post enough to replicate what they're trying to do. Here's my fixes to the second one.

Syntax Fixes

Code:

// This next one I want text to fade in. 
// I thought that I'd be able to set the alpha channel to a variable but that doesn't seem to be working. 
// Any ideas?


// Global variables
var frame_no = 1;
var c, ctx, int;


function textFade(tPX, tPY, text, no_of_frames, current_frame, fS)
{
    var alpha = (no_of_frames/(current_frame-fS))
    
    ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(255, 255, 255, " + alpha + ")";
    
    ctx.font = "bold 16px Arial";
    ctx.fillText(text, tPX, tPY);
}


function drawCanvas()
{
// When the animation starts with values input.
if ((frame_no >= 0) && (frame_no <=15))
{
    textFade(250, 50, "Hello World", 15, frame_no, 0);
}
}

For the first one advertArray seems to come out of nowhere, and ctx is never defined.

**NoirAvlaa** · February 23 2013, 11:17:55 PM

Whoops, I'll update with the missing bits when I get back to my pc... Sorry about that.

E- Updated, lemme know if I've not included anything I should have...

**Qwert** · April 7 2013, 05:12:40 AM

Originally Posted by I Legionnaire

http://ideone.com/G9UpKG

Hurr, I'm in an intro to C++ course. For this assignment we're supposed to print max and min values for int, short, and long in decimal, hex, and octal.
Then we're supposed to print the decimal value of each variable with max +1 and min -1.

Is there an easier way to this than how I've done it, and am I producing the overflow correctly? I get the sneaking suspicion that my variables are in octal. :/

IIRC cout will keep whatever settings until you change them. You last changed int output to octal, so the rest are in octal. I think all you need is a

Code:

std::cout << std:: dec;

//Before this
intlrg = intlrg +=1 ;

**Tellenta** · April 7 2013, 05:13:08 AM

Why would anuYone use octal?

fone poastin

**Qwert** · April 7 2013, 05:15:43 AM

Originally Posted by Tellenta

Why would anuYone use octal?

fone poastin

Its the largest 2ⁿ base that only uses Arabic numerals?

**Tellenta** · April 8 2013, 06:10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Qwert

Originally Posted by Tellenta

Why would anuYone use octal?

fone poastin

Its the largest 2ⁿ base that only uses Arabic numerals?

I'm p. sure everything does the hexadecimal dance these days. Octal is outdated and obsolete.

I could be wrong though.

**Snake** · April 9 2013, 03:08:34 PM

paging ryry

**QuackBot** · April 9 2013, 03:30:07 PM

Originally Posted by NoirAvlaa

whoops, i'll update with the missing bits when i get back to my pc... sorry about that. e- updated, lemme know if i've not included anything i should have...

I've not have a vagina?

**QuackBot** · April 9 2013, 04:00:14 PM

Originally Posted by NoirAvlaa

i've been trying to figure out stuff in javascript for hours now. i've made some headway, but i need some help now. all this needs to be done on the canvas in html5. not allowed to use jquery, external libraries or create my own libraries, everything needs to be done in page(lecturer was very specific about this). drawcanvas() is linked to an onload event on the body, and other animations work so i know it's loading

if anyone could give me some pointers, here's what i've got so far:- global code for context, not broken:-

Spoiler:

broken code 1:-

Spoiler:

broken code 2(now solved thanks to aea):-

Spoiler:

fairly low quality stuff, but i'm only first year so meh. anyone got any ideas?

Or on a lot of the lore.

**Muffinsrevenger** · April 9 2013, 04:05:11 PM

I just realized that for quackers coding stuff must actually qualify as porn

**Sparq** · April 10 2013, 08:49:56 AM

Originally Posted by Muffinsrevenger

I just realized that for quackers coding stuff must actually qualify as porn

Or at least a sex education video.

**Ophichius** · April 12 2013, 04:20:37 PM

Originally Posted by Tellenta

Why would anuYone use octal?

fone poastin

Because the teacher learned octal and goddammit so will you!

Edit: Taking a stab at Noir's code. General comments first, then if I get it fixed and working specific solutions.

First off, if your teacher doesn't shoot you for terrible coding style, I will. Single-character variables are terrible, you should feel terrible for using them, and you'll probably live longer if you stop. (Being beaten to death with your own spleen is the standard punishment for such hideous code practices.)

This isn't Poland, we aren't in the midst of the great vowel famine of '48. Use descriptive goddamn variables and labels.

Part of why things aren't working is that you're trying to use the 'int' keyword as a variable. Even if this -does- work on your specific implementation, it's really fucking bad form and a headache waiting to happen. As an aside, what editor are you using for this? You should be using something with syntax highlighting.

That's it for now, will try and make this work when I'm not running 30+ hours out from my last nap.

-O

**Pacefalm** · April 12 2013, 11:51:46 PM

Basically: "you can name your variables whatever you like, but you cant name them whatever you like"
Also semi necro it seems

**Tellenta** · April 13 2013, 01:09:45 AM

Originally Posted by Pacefalm

Basically: "you can name your variables whatever you like, but you cant name them whatever you like"
Also semi necro it seems

I think he was going for the 'name the variables in a way you will not forget what they do and have to find out the hatd way"

fone poastin

**QuackBot** · April 13 2013, 02:01:33 AM

Originally Posted by Ophichius

because the teacher learned octal and goddammit so will you!

edit: taking a stab at noir's code. general comments first, then if i get it fixed and working specific solutions.

first off, if your teacher doesn't shoot you for terrible coding style, i will. single-character variables are terrible, you should feel terrible for using them, and you'll probably live longer if you stop. (being beaten to death with your own spleen is the standard punishment for such hideous code practices.)

this isn't poland, we aren't in the midst of the great vowel famine of '48. use descriptive goddamn variables and labels.

part of why things aren't working is that you're trying to use the 'int' keyword as a variable. even if this -does- work on your specific implementation, it's really fucking bad form and a headache waiting to happen. as an aside, what editor are you using for this? you should be using something with syntax highlighting.

that's it for now, will try and make this work when i'm not running 30+ hours out from my last nap.

-o

No, goddammit, i don't agree with it.

**Lana Torrin** · April 13 2013, 03:09:35 AM

Originally Posted by QuackBot

Originally Posted by Ophichius

because the teacher learned octal and goddammit so will you!

edit: taking a stab at noir's code. general comments first, then if i get it fixed and working specific solutions.

first off, if your teacher doesn't shoot you for terrible coding style, i will. single-character variables are terrible, you should feel terrible for using them, and you'll probably live longer if you stop. (being beaten to death with your own spleen is the standard punishment for such hideous code practices.)

this isn't poland, we aren't in the midst of the great vowel famine of '48. use descriptive goddamn variables and labels.

part of why things aren't working is that you're trying to use the 'int' keyword as a variable. even if this -does- work on your specific implementation, it's really fucking bad form and a headache waiting to happen. as an aside, what editor are you using for this? you should be using something with syntax highlighting.

that's it for now, will try and make this work when i'm not running 30+ hours out from my last nap.

-o

No, goddammit, i don't agree with it.

No surprise that quackbot has an opinion on coding style.

**Ophichius** · April 13 2013, 04:18:32 AM

Originally Posted by Tellenta

Originally Posted by Pacefalm

Basically: "you can name your variables whatever you like, but you cant name them whatever you like"
Also semi necro it seems

I think he was going for the 'name the variables in a way you will not forget what they do and have to find out the hatd way"

fone poastin

A mix of this and 'name variables in a way that other people can understand your code without a massive headache'.

-O

**dpidcoe** · April 13 2013, 06:05:03 AM

Originally Posted by Pacefalm

Basically: "you can name your variables whatever you like, but you cant name them whatever you like"
Also semi necro it seems

You can name your variable whatever you like, but don't expect the people who have to read your code later to not beat you up over dumb variable names. Very similar to the concept of free speech tbh.

Also, a surprising number of people in the computer science program at school don't understand the following two style conventions:
- variables should be named such that they're almost self documenting
- comments should assume that the person reading them understands how to code, but doesn't understand wtf you were doing. SO leave comments that explain what you did/why you did it, rather than what each line of code is doing, e.g. this is a completely useless set of comments:

Code:

for(int i = 1; i < 27; i++) //loop through the array 26 times
{
     alphabet[i] = (char)(64+i); //fill alphabet[i]
}

This is a better set of comments:

Code:

for(int i = 1; i < 27; i++) //alphabet[] is size 26 and 1-indexed
{
     alphabet[i] = (char)(64+i); //64+1 = 'a', 64+2 = 'b', etc.
}

**MortyM** · April 13 2013, 07:12:04 AM

Comments in general cause more harm than good.
I can't tell you how many time I've looked at a piece of code where the comments say something completely different than what the code actually does. Usually because the code has been refactored but the comments haven't. It just ends up making the whole thing harder to understand.

You shouldn't need comments in the first place. If your code needs explaining than that is a clear indiction that you should rewrite it to be more clear and understandable. Use good class, method, and variable names and don't do a million things in a single method, then you really shouldn't ever need to comment anything.

Thread: <xml><thread isTerrible="true" isUnderstandable="false" /></xml> - Coding help thread

Thread Tools

Search Thread

<xml><thread isTerrible="true" isUnderstandable="false" /></xml> - Coding help thread

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions