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I finished my little Sudoku thing the other day.

Day Seven was very productive, though due to starting late, it did drift into late night/early morning!
Although I didn’t get sound done ( or bitmap loading, either.. it was all drawn shapes, ) I did get a lot done, and my little Sudoku game actually worked out fairly well considering I did a crash course in ActionScript within a week.

I’ll put it up soon for a giggle.

One thing that tripped me up a huge amount was variable scoping.
Usually, variable scope is to the current code block.. so if you were to do:

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void myFunction(const bool inputBool) {
    bool myBool(false);
    if (true == inputBool) {
        bool anotherBool(true);
        myBool = true;
    } else {
        bool anotherBool(false);
        myBool = false;
    }
}

void myFunction(const bool inputBool) {
    bool myBool(false);
    if (true == inputBool) {
        bool anotherBool(true);
        myBool = true;
    } else {
        bool anotherBool(false);
        myBool = false;
    }
}

You wouldn’t have a problem, as anotherBool loses scope in each block.

However, doing something like:

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public function myFunction(inputBool:Boolean):void {
    var myBool:Boolean = false;
    if (true == inputBool) {
        var anotherBool:Boolean = true;
        myBool = true;
    } else {
        var anotherBool:Boolean = false;
        myBool = false;
    }
}

public function myFunction(inputBool:Boolean):void {
    var myBool:Boolean = false;
    if (true == inputBool) {
        var anotherBool:Boolean = true;
        myBool = true;
    } else {
        var anotherBool:Boolean = false;
        myBool = false;
    }
}

You’d get an error, as anotherBool was declared in the first block.
ActionScript’s variables are scoped to the function.
Which is really flippin’ annoying when you come from a background of coding the first way!

But yes, I’m proud of my little Sudoku game, done in 7 days, in ActionScript, on Linux.
It’s not very fancy or pretty, but it does the job. ActionScript has a rather large amount of support code that I didn’t get anywhere near ( like for Images, the preloader stuff, Audio, etc… ) so maybe I’ll have a look at them next time.

Still, it was fun

Wow, time flies when you’re not paying attention!

Yesterday, it wasn’t until about 10pm before I had time to look at anything, and was rather knackered so the extent of it was further testing of the toolchain with something a bit more advanced than my “hello world” apps. I compiled a few Flixel examples and they ran without any issues. Then I fell asleep. But the toolchain did spit out the examples correctly, so I feel confident enough that I set it up correctly!

Tonight, I’ll get started on something myself, as I’ve a big base of code that I can look over if need be, and I’m about half way through the 7 day deadline. I’ve a feeling the next few nights could be all-nighters to get it done, but with it being the Easter Holidays and with a 4 and a 5 year old running around, that’s looking like the likely option!

( The extra proof that I’m perhaps run ragged by these two little whirlwinds, is that I posted this as a page rather than a post originally *cough* )