3 steps sequence by touch

[Tattooshop]

Hello! how to make such a sequence so that with the first click ( touch ) one action occurs, with the second another and with the third a third? and at the next all over again?

[Wulfie Reanimator]

Keep a global variable (integer) and increment it every time the object is touched.

After the increment, use a modulo (counter % 3) to get a number in the range [0, 1, 2] and check which one of the three it is. Then do that action.

integer action = ++counter % 3;
if (action == 0) {;}
else if (action == 1) {;}
else if (action == 2) {;}

 

[Tattooshop]

17 hours ago, Wulfie Reanimator said:

Keep a global variable (integer) and increment it every time the object is touched.

After the increment, use a modulo (counter % 3) to get a number in the range [0, 1, 2] and check which one of the three it is. Then do that action.

integer action = ++counter % 3;
if (action == 0) {;}
else if (action == 1) {;}
else if (action == 2) {;}

 

Thank you so much! Works like a charm! 👍

 

Edited January 10, 2021 by Tattooshop

[Tattooshop]

Edited January 10, 2021 by Tattooshop

[Mollymews]

5 hours ago, Tattooshop said:

Works like a charm! 👍

a little FYI

in our production code we should ensure that 'counter' is bounded, as when we continually add positive values to a signed integer then it will eventually return a negative result if not bounded

2147483647 + 1 = -2147483648

when it does go negative the modulus range (% 3) is [-2,-1,0]

in our production code is best to set some upper bound to counter depending on the use case

example boundings:

1) counter = (++counter % 3);  // counter is always in [0,1,2]

2) if (counter > someN) counter = 0;

or we can bound the modulus result to the absolute (positive) range

action = llAbs(++counter % 3);

 

[Wulfie Reanimator]

14 hours ago, Mollymews said:

a little FYI

in our production code we should ensure that 'counter' is bounded, as when we continually add positive values to a signed integer then it will eventually return a negative result if not bounded

You're absolutely right, but at the same time, the point at which this issue becomes relevant is pretty unrealistic.

If you were to increment the counter every second, it would take you almost 70 years to reach the point where it becomes negative (and obviously breaks for another 70 years).

This is basically the Year-2038 problem but I don't think anyone's going to reach 1 touch per second on an object and I guarantee SL won't be here in 70 years.

[Tattooshop]

Thanks a lot for the addition @Mollymews! then it will look like this?

integer action = llAbs(++counter % 3);
if (action == 0) {;}
else if (action == 1) {;}
else if (action == 2) {;}

Edited January 11, 2021 by Tattooshop

[Nova Convair]

10 hours ago, Wulfie Reanimator said:

You're absolutely right, but at the same time, the point at which this issue becomes relevant is pretty unrealistic.

If you were to increment the counter every second, it would take you almost 70 years to reach the point where it becomes negative (and obviously breaks for another 70 years).

This is basically the Year-2038 problem but I don't think anyone's going to reach 1 touch per second on an object and I guarantee SL won't be here in 70 years.

Yes, there is no way to reach maxint in this case. No need to take care for that.

But it's exactly that thinking that leads to year 2k and year 2038 problems. It starts with  "you will never get to ..." 😁
So I suggest to stay alert and have a 2nd thinking in all cases where you think you will never get to the breaking point.

[Mollymews]

10 hours ago, Tattooshop said:

Thanks a lot for the addition @Mollymews! then it will look like this?

integer action = llAbs(++counter % 3);
if (action == 0) {;}
else if (action == 1) {;}
else if (action == 2) {;}

in this use case if there were only ever going to be 3 actions: 0, 1 and 2 then go with not using llAbs function to obtain a tiny performance gain of one less function call
 

integer action = 0; // global

touch
{
   if (action == 0)
   else if (action == 1)
   else // action == 2

   action = (++action % 3);
}

where in the code we update action is important. In the above then on script reset the first action that can be actioned is 0

if we reorder the code:

integer action = 0; // global

touch
{
   action = (++action % 3);
   if (action == 0)
   else if (action == 1)
   else // action == 2
}

then the first action on script reset will be 1

Edited January 12, 2021 by Mollymews
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[Mollymews]

9 hours ago, Nova Convair said:

It starts with  "you will never get to ..." 😁

 

pretty much yes.  When we can write our codes to stay within the bounds of the physical system we are working with then is always best practice to do so from a commercial/production pov.

Edited January 12, 2021 by Mollymews
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