Can structs be instantiated?

_JKDOS

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person = [
    .name = "John Doe"
    .age    = 43
    .sex    = "male" 
]

person personA
person personB

personA.name = "Jimmy"
personB.name = "Sally"

print(personB.name," is married to ",personA.name)
// returns Sally is married to Jimmy
print(person.name," is just an average guy")
// returns John Doe is just an average guy

Nisse5

@_JKDOS Yes:

struct person
    string name = "John Doe"
    int age = 43
    string sex = "male"
endstruct

_JKDOS

@Nisse5 said in Can structs be instantiated?:

@_JKDOS Yes:

How about the instance though?

Martin

PersonA and PersonB should work just as you’re expecting provided you use the form of struct definition used by @Nisse5 In this case you cannot use the base struct directly with just person, it has to be an instance

Edit: Now I'm on a computer, I can be a bit clearer!

This works (note the commas):

person = [
    .name = "Bob",
    .age = "20",
    .sex = "M"
]

loop
    clear()
    print(person)
    update()
repeat

Or this works

struct person
    string name = "John Doe"    // default value
    int age = 20
    string sex = "M"
endstruct

person personA
personA.name = "BoB"

loop
    clear()
    print(personA)
    update()
repeat

(ignore the {1} I don't know where that is coming from)

But not a mix of both.

Personally I find the first use awkward and confusing but its probably just because I'm used to OO programming these days.

Nisse5

@_JKDOS It seems like it's only possible to access variables created from structs.

_JKDOS

@Martin @Nisse5 Thank you both. Now that I am off work I've had the chance to test them out. Works well. Loving it.