[zutokaza]

Is it possible to do this in a shorter way?

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for rep = 1, 15 do
--blah different coordinate calculations
 for rep = 15, 30 do
   --blah different different coordinates calculations
  for rep = 30,45 do
   --blah different coordinates calculations
   for rep = etc....... do
    --blah different coordinates calculations
   end
  end
 end
end

My first thought was to use arrays. Will this work? If yes, how would I have starter begin 0 and ender begin at 15?

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for 1,15 do
it would end up being:
15,30
30,45
45,60
etc

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local starter={}
local ender ={}

for rep 1,15 do
 starter[rep] = 0
 ender[rep] = 0
end

for reprep = 1,15 do
 starter[reprep]=starter[reprep] +15
 ending[reprep] = starter[reprep] +15
 for rep = starter[reprep], ending[reprep] do
 --blah different coordinates calculations arrays
 end
end


[Diarandor]

Is it possible to do this in a shorter way?

Code: ( lua) [Select]

for rep = 1, 15 do
--blah different coordinate calculations
 for rep = 15, 30 do
   --blah different different coordinates calculations
  for rep = 30,45 do
   --blah different coordinates calculations
   for rep = etc....... do
    --blah different coordinates calculations
   end
  end
 end
end


You probably noticed this: this part of code is completely wrong in many ways. You should avoid using the same variable name ("rep", in this case) for nested variables, since the new variable is not the same one: although the syntax is correct, the nested variable that has the same name ("rep") is a different variable that is hiding the other variable ("rep") of the outer scope. Besides, your inner loop will be executed 15 x 15 = 225 times aproximately instead of once, which is not what you want; so just put one loop after another and not one nested inside the other. I guess that your second and third loops should start with index 16 and 31 instead of 15 and 30.

My first thought was to use arrays. Will this work? If yes, how would I have starter begin 0 and ender begin at 15?

Yes, you can do that. Note that loops can start and end by any numeric value. You can also add an optional step (which can be negative if you want). Check some Lua tutorial: https://www.lua.org/pil/4.3.4.html

[MetalZelda]

You can do shorter

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for i = 1, whatever_you_want do
  if i < 15 then
   -- calculation
  elseif i < 30 then
    -- other calculation
  elseif i < 45
   -- Again
  end
end


This is recommanded to do so if you plan to do exponential coordination, for instance, admit that i[0; 15] have a fixed position of x + 15 where x = 10 (example)
simple way is

if i <= 15 then
  table:draw(surface, 10 + (15 * i))
elseif i <= 30 then
  -- Other position
  table:draw(surface, 24 + (13 * i))
end

And it does the job

In the case of your example

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local starter={}
local ender ={}

for i = 1, 15 do
  -- First, check if i = 1, if yes, then the start value would be 0
  local start = i == 1 and 0 or starter[i]

  -- starter and ender share the same result apparently ?
  starter[i] = start + 15
  ender[i] = starter[i]
end

Now let's assume you want to increment the starter and ender array in a different way, but still exponentially

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local starter={}
local ender ={}

for i = 1, 30 do
  -- First, check if i = 1, if yes, then the start value would be 0
  local start = i == 1 and 0 or starter[i]
  local increment

  if i <= 15 then
    increment = 15
  elseif i <= 30 then
    increment = -30
  end

  -- starter and ender share the same result apparently ?
  starter[i] = start + increment
  ender[i] = starter[i]
end


Not tested but that should work

[zutokaza]

You can do shorter

Code: (lua) [Select]

for i = 1, whatever_you_want do
  if i < 15 then
   -- calculation
  elseif i < 30 then
    -- other calculation
  elseif i < 45
   -- Again
  end
end



This works. Thank you MetalZelda.