How to count files

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Tri|Ga|De (Posted 2012) [#1]

I have some levels in my new games. level1.json level2.json . . . levelN.json How do I read the number of files so I can determine the number N? I know of cause the I know the number of files but I just want to make the automatic count the levels for me.

Amon (Posted 2012) [#2]

Store the level number in a variable 'num' then + it on to the 'level'. level+""+num+"".json I can't recall the exact way in Monkey but in BlitzMax I used something Similar.

Beaker (Posted 2012) [#3]

Clunky but can you not do a For loop that counts to 100 trying to load 100 files and then check which files actually loaded something?

Tri|Ga|De (Posted 2012) [#4]

I think you misunderstand me. I have a numer og files with my level data and I want my game to count how many files I have. I know that I know this number, but I just don't want to change a variable each time I add a new level. And I do have some plans on letting the player add levels to the game later on.

Gerry Quinn (Posted 2012) [#5]

Look at bananas/picpuzzle - it loads an arbitrary number of picXXX.jpg files. If you just want to count them, you could just load them all into the same temporary object - though there is probably some way to do it more efficiently in native code.

Gerry Quinn (Posted 2012) [#6]

Look at bananas/picpuzzle - it loads an arbitrary number of picXXX.jpg files. If you just want to count them, you could just load them all into the same temporary object - though there is probably some way to do it more efficiently in native code.