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Input routine works, then does not
Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006

I am trying to write a battleship clone. I have an input routine using allegro ustrs and have a weird issue.

Input routine:

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1#include "my_includes.h" 2 3void validate_input(ALLEGRO_USTR* str); 4void print_board(char board, ALLEGRO_FONT * script); 5void test_input(int height, ALLEGRO_FONT *font) 6{ 7 8 bool finished = false; 9 ALLEGRO_USTR* my_string; 10 my_string = al_ustr_new(""); 11 int position; 12 bool redraw = false; 13 extern bool invalid; 14 invalid = false; 15 ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE * event_queue = NULL; 16 17 event_queue = al_create_event_queue(); 18 if(!event_queue) { 19 fprintf(stderr, "failed to create event_queue!\n"); 20 return; 21 } 22 23 al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_keyboard_event_source()); 24 25 26 al_draw_text(font, white, 0, height, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_LEFT, "Enter the coordinates: "); 27 while(!finished){ 28 29 ALLEGRO_EVENT ev; 30 al_wait_for_event(event_queue, &ev); 31 switch(ev.type){ 32 33 case ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_CHAR: 34 if(ev.keyboard.unichar >= 32){ 35 al_ustr_append_chr(my_string, ev.keyboard.unichar); 36 position = (int)al_ustr_size(my_string); 37 redraw = true; 38 }//ev.keyboard.unichar 39 40 else if(ev.keyboard.keycode == ALLEGRO_KEY_BACKSPACE){ 41 al_ustr_truncate(my_string, position - 1); 42 redraw = true; 43 }//keycode == backspace 44 45 else if(ev.keyboard.keycode == ALLEGRO_KEY_ENTER){ 46 finished = true; 47 validate_input(my_string); 48 redraw = true; 49 }//allegro_key_enter 50 51 else if(ev.keyboard.keycode == ALLEGRO_KEY_ESCAPE) 52 finished = true; 53 }//switch ev.type 54 55 if(redraw){ 56 if(!invalid){ 57 redraw = false; 58 invalid = false; 59 al_clear_to_color(black); 60 al_draw_textf(font, white, 0, height, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_LEFT, "You entered %s", al_cstr(my_string)); 61 print_board('s', font); 62 al_flip_display(); 63 }// !invalid 64 65 else{ 66 finished = false; 67 redraw = false; 68 al_clear_to_color(black); 69 al_draw_textf(font, white, 0, height, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_LEFT, "Invalid input: %s", al_cstr(my_string)); 70 print_board('s', font); 71 al_flip_display(); 72 al_rest(1.0); 73 al_ustr_truncate(my_string, 0); 74 al_clear_to_color(black); 75 al_draw_text(font, white, 0, height, ALLEGRO_ALIGN_LEFT, "Enter the coordinates: "); 76 print_board('s', font); 77 al_flip_display(); 78 79 }//invalid 80 }//redraw 81 }//not finished 82 83 al_ustr_free(my_string); 84 al_destroy_event_queue(event_queue); 85 86 al_rest(1); 87 88}//test_input

Validate routine:

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1 2#include "my_includes.h" 3void validate_input(ALLEGRO_USTR* str) 4{ 5 extern bool invalid; 6 int string_size; 7 string_size = (int)al_ustr_size(str); 8 int my_char = al_ustr_get(str, 0); 9 int my_int = al_ustr_get(str, 1); 10 int my_int2 = al_ustr_get(str, 2); 11 12 if(string_size < 2 || string_size > 3) 13 invalid = true; 14 15 if(my_char < 'a' || my_char > 'j') 16 invalid = true; 17 18 if(my_int < '1') 19 invalid = true; 20 21 if(my_int > '9') 22 //invalid = true; 23 24 if(my_int2 > '0') 25 invalid = true; 26 else 27 if(my_int > '1') 28 invalid = true; 29}

The bug appears to be line 22 in the validate_input function. When I run the program with the line uncommented, it rejects any input other than a1. Commented it works okay. Any ideas?

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torhu
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September 2002
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What are the valid values of my_int2? And why are you doing if(my_int > '1') at the end there?

I would write it more like this:

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1#include "my_includes.h" 2 3// Returns true if input is valid, false otherwise 4bool validate_input(ALLEGRO_USTR* str) 5{ 6 size_t string_size = al_ustr_length(str); 7 int32_t my_char = al_ustr_get(str, 0); 8 int32_t my_int = al_ustr_get(str, 1); 9 10 if(string_size < 2 || string_size > 3) 11 return false; 12 13 if(my_char < 'a' || my_char > 'j') 14 return false; 15 16 if(my_int < '1' || my_int > '9') 17 return false; 18 19 if(string_size > 2 && al_ustr_get(str, 2) > '0') 20 return false; 21 22 // Is this right? 23 if(my_int > '1') 24 return false 25 26 return true; 27}

Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006

my_int2 should be the third character of input, if my understanding of ustr points are correct. I am weak on size_ts so I am going my way for simplicity.


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 24    if(my_int2 > '0')
 25        invalid = true;
 26    else
 27        if(my_int > '1')
 28        invalid = true;

The above code was my way of making sure the user was not entering values like 20 or 39. Looking at it now, I think I see the problem. I think I need to flush the queue as well. Thanks for the reply.

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