This is probably very stupid to ask, but I find myself learning Axe very slowly. I read through the document and I read tutorials on Axe. But when I read codes from open source Axe programs, I have to spend a really long time to figure out what it does, most of the time, I can't figure out either. So I'd like to ask how you learned Axe at the beginning and how did you progress to this stage?

Looking at other people's code is never a good idea to boot.  Everything does things differently, and very different coding styles -- I personally air on the side of using too many offset variables with expense of readability; DeepThought uses like a million different source files with local variables; Runer crams everything all in one; and so on and so forth.  It's not like C or even higher level languages where everything has a name, comments are actually used more than like three times per program (I don't like them in Axe, good comment takes up a whole screen), structures are easier to follow for readers, etc.

I suggest the best thing you can possibly do is practice.  Make games, utilities, or even test programs to see how things work.  This is very productive, even if you don't finish any of the games; you'll learn a lot.  Plus, you'll be sure to run into more questions a lot quicker (and ask them here for answers!), and therefore will know more and more over time than you would be reading other people's work.

Reading other people's code is tough in axe, especially if it is very optimized. A good thing to start with is reading the command list, even if you don't understand it.

Which is more optimized, While 1 or Repeat 0? Or are they the same size?

Hey guys, sorry for my english because i am french, but can some one explain me how to use the link port, how to send some variable, files, to make a multiplayer game.
Thank's

2 or 3 bytes with End, 4 or 5 bytes with EndIf or End!If. But While 1 and Repeat 0 themselves result in 0 bytes of compiled code.

...I was asking about that simgle line, not the entire loop

2 or 3 bytes with End, 4 or 5 bytes with EndIf or End!If. But While 1 and Repeat 0 themselves result in 0 bytes of compiled code.

Ok thanks, that's what I needed.

I have a question. I have just started in axe and I never programmed on the z80 calcs really before. I am used to in 68k basic to use matrices as a way to save map data. Something like this:

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{{1,1,1,1,1,1},{1,0,0,0,0,1},{1,0,0,0,0,1},{0,0,0,0,0,0}}➝matrixBut I don't know if this is possible on the Ti-83+.
Maybe axe doesn't support it...
Also if it would be possible is there a limit, or can I have huge matrices? Thanks in advance.

Well, Axe doesn't technically support matrices, everything used to store data is an array of bytes.

There are a couple ways to do it. One is to use hex:
[010101010101]
[010000000001]
[010000000001]
[000000000000]➝pointer
Another way is to use the Data() command:
Data(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0)➝pointer
The only limit to these arrays of bytes is your free memory. If you had the memory free, you could have a 128*128 map or possibly larger.

Once you've set up your array of bytes, you would read each byte like you would a cell in a matrix.
{Y*Width+X+pointer}Where Y is your Y-coordinate, X is your X-coordinate, and Width is the width of the map, and pointer is the pointer to your map data.

Quote from: Stefan Bauwens on August 18, 2011, 05:21:53 am

I have a question. I have just started in axe and I never programmed on the z80 calcs really before. I am used to in 68k basic to use matrices as a way to save map data. Something like this:

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{{1,1,1,1,1,1},{1,0,0,0,0,1},{1,0,0,0,0,1},{0,0,0,0,0,0}}➝matrixBut I don't know if this is possible on the Ti-83+.
Maybe axe doesn't support it...
Also if it would be possible is there a limit, or can I have huge matrices? Thanks in advance.

Well, Axe doesn't technically support matrices, everything used to store data is an array of bytes.

There are a couple ways to do it. One is to use hex:

Code: [Select]

[010101010101]
[010000000001]
[010000000001]
[000000000000]➝pointer
Another way is to use the Data() command:

Code: [Select]

Data(1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0)➝pointer
The only limit to these arrays of bytes is your free memory. If you had the memory free, you could have a 128*128 map or possibly larger.

Once you've set up your array of bytes, you would read each byte like you would a cell in a matrix.

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{Y*Width+X+pointer}Where Y is your Y-coordinate, X is your X-coordinate, and Width is the width of the map, and pointer is the pointer to your map data.

So If I didn't make a mistake here, this should draw (a part of the map) to fill the screen?
.0
[hexcode1]->pic0
.1
[hexcode2]

for a,0,11
for b,0,7
pt-on(a*8-8,b*8-8,{Y*Width+X+pointer}+pic0)
end
endThanks a lot Final Ti.