Forums Scripts & Popups while loops and $gettok .

hello.
This is probably my first post or maybe second dont know .
I'll introduce myself if required.

Okay, I've been trying to learn how to use the but I can't figure out what the 'while' does in that script.
Another thing about the $gettok tokkens (ie: okay in that line I understand why it returns C but what is the 46 for. I've seen a few $gettok but with different number at the end like 32,46 etc..
Can someone help with those 2 questions please

A while loop will keep running everything inside it's execution block (the code between the { }'s) as long as the condition is true.

For example this code:

would run like this line-by-line:
Assign 1 to %i
Check while loop condition... (1 <= 4) is [color:green]true
Output %i
Increment %i by 1
Check while loop condition... (2 <= 4) is true
Output %i
Increment %i by 1
Check while loop condition... (3 <= 4) is true
Output %i
Increment %i by 1
Check while loop condition... (4 <= 4) is true
Output %i
Increment %i by 1
Check while loop condition... (5 <= 4) is false
Output 'This echo is outside the while loop'[/color]

The 46 in $gettok(a.b.c.d.e,3,46) is the ASCII number for a fullstop (.). 32 is the ASCII number for a space. You can get the ASCII number of any character by using $asc(character here).

thanks for the while loops I understand them now

so with every $gettok command there has to be a 46 or 32 at the end?. How do you know which one to put?

Well it doesn't have to be 46 or 32, they're simply two of the most commonly used. It can be the number of any ASCII character (ie. 1-255). You use the number of whichever character you want to be the token delimiter (the character which separates the tokens).

So for example if you used $gettok(a=a[color:red].b=b.c=c,2,46)[/color] then it would return b=b because the fullstop is being used as the delimiter, however if you used $gettok(a[color:red]=a.b=b.c=c,2,61)[/color] (61 is the ASCII number for the equals sign) then it would return a.b since the equals sign is now the delimiter.

okay thanks for your help starbucks_mafia. I appriciate it