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brittle starBOT Nov 17, 2024, 1:27 AM

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buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:27 AM

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THIS IS THE CODE

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📎 message.txt

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i tried to comment it as good as i could but

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im not really good

drifting gorge Nov 17, 2024, 1:29 AM

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What is the use case?

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Are you trying to generate a map of some kind

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Like a procedurally generated world?

buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:29 AM

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i kinda want to work into that

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but im not really good

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and i just started the language

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its just like basics

drifting gorge Nov 17, 2024, 1:30 AM

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The first problem here is that youre doing everything in main

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The second problem is that youre way out of scope

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Procedural generation is pretty difficult

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And no way you can make your own algorithm right now

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You could learn from the way games do it right now

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Look into white noise and stuff, thats a keyword for a way games procedurally generate maps

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Even more relevant to your case is how roguelikes generate their maps

drifting gorge Nov 17, 2024, 1:32 AM

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buoyant ether its just like basics

read through learncpp.com

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And you will find yourself the answer for this question 👍

buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:32 AM

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yeah im only on the 7th chapter yet

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i mean the bit chapter

drifting gorge Nov 17, 2024, 1:32 AM

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Wow you didnt even get into classes 😅
Is this your first language ever?

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learncpp.com imo isn't very well geared for people just learning to program because they teach the ins and outs of C++ instead of good programming habits

buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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drifting gorge Wow you didnt even get into classes 😅 Is this your first language ever?

i didnt really get into classes cause its like in chapter 13

drifting gorge Nov 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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buoyant ether i didnt really get into classes cause its like in chapter 13

Is this your first language ever?

buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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and i didnt want to disrupt like the course

buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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drifting gorge Is this your first language ever?

no

drifting gorge Nov 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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What language did you know before C++

buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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python

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and little bit of java, but really little

drifting gorge Nov 17, 2024, 1:34 AM

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In python, do you remember what def does and stuff

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Do you agree its a better idea to "outsource" tasks and stuff to functions?

buoyant ether Nov 17, 2024, 1:35 AM

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yes yes

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i know

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how to do it

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but first i wanted to know if i could figure out the logic for this

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and i kinda wouldnt know what to put in function except the last lines of code starting from the char map[10][10] line, and i could put those lines in drawMap function i guess with some parameters

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but im not really bright and clever as other people

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