Re: Tads problem again


3 Jul 95 18:58:14 CDT

Aaron Hardy (aaron@latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
: I fixed my last problem with the lasergun, but now I have another one.
: The compiler tells me I excluded a equal sign, in this area of code...

: bookcase: fixeditem
: sdesc = "bookcase"
: ldesc = "A monstrous bookcase, leans precariosly against the wall. A
: collection of books, covered in dust, sits on the shelves.

The fact that you left off the second quotation marks on the ldesc would
explain this. In fact, I didn't bother to look any farther. :)

Always check your quotation marks when you are extending things over
several lines of code. TADS is nice and friendly (no continuation
character required) but it's easy to forget about it when you are
churning out that purple prose at high speed. When the day comes that we
have a development tool which requires no programming whatsoever, perhaps
we will no longer make such misstakes. ;)

: I unfortuanatly, cannot see where It's missing.

On the other hand, the error might be one of transcription from your
source code to your posting, in which case the rest of the code might
bear examining. But I'm sure someone else has already done that by now. :)

Sean (who is qualified to give advice despite not having finished his own
games...)