I would do it this way... int i; for (i = 0; i <= ASTERISK(ch); i++) strcat (buf2, "*"); sprintf (buf, "[ %50s ]\r\n", buf2); send_to_char (buf, ch); I'm not sure if a - is needed in front of the 50 to align it right, you'll have to check it out => The MAD Coder, Bub Imp and coder of ?able Sanity (cslab.cc.cc.ca.us 4000) Beta Playtesting coming soon! On Mon, 22 Jul 1996, Adam Days wrote: > Okay I got this idea for a new thing when you do a "score' as a player. > I want it to show you a life bar. Now a full bar is fifty *'s > > [ ************************************************** ](i hope that's right > anyway depending on how much life the person has left, the bar goes down. > i have figured out by how much by using a kind of formula: > > Max Hit divided by 50(full life bar) = Hit Point Ratio (HPR) > then Current Hit Points divided by the Hit Point Ratio equals the > number of *'s shown in the bar. This translates into this in code > > #define GET_HPR(ch) (GET_MAX_HIT(ch) / 50) > #define ASTERISK(ch) (GET_HIT(ch) / GET_HPR(ch)) > > now the hard part is to make bar show up in the score. > I used a set space for the brackets on either side of the asterisks. > however, I need help. Right now instead of say having 45 asterisks > showing it prints this: > > [ 45 ] > instead of this: > [ ********************************************* ] > > I need to know how would I go about converting the number ASTERISK(ch) > would come up with into that many *'s, without massive amounts of saying > if (ASTERISK(ch) == 50) blah blah > if (ASTERISK(ch) == 49) blah blah > if (ASTERISK(ch) == 48) blah blah etc.......? > > If anyone understands what I'm trying to say please help :~( > > > ******************************************************************************* > Adam Days a.k.a ** "Being an Outcast is only a frame of mind > Drizzt Do'Urden ** and not something that is placed upon > Unholy Lands <164.116.34.2 4000> ** you." -Adam Days > ******************************************************************************* > >
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