_str array - Invalid Expression?

[Ivan N. Zlatev]

I have the following Slick-C code to generate changelog entries for me. The issue I am having is that I keep getting an Invalid Expression error at _str changeLogFileNames[] = { "Changelog", "ChangeLog" };

What am I doing wrong?

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// MIT/X11 Licensed
//

#define NAME "Ivan N. Zlatev"
#define EMAIL "----"

_command void insert_changelog_entry () name_info(',')
{
   _str changeLogFileNames[] = { "Changelog", "ChangeLog" };
   _str changeLogFileName = null;

   for (int i=0; i < changeLogFileNames._length (); i++) {
      if (file_exists (changeLogFileNames[i]) {
         changeLogFileName = changeLogFileNames[i];
         break;
      }
   }

   if (changeLogFileName != null) {
      _str currentFileName = get_current_buffer_filename ();
      edit (changeLogFileName);
      _undo ('S');
      _GoToROffset (0);
      _insert_text (get_changelog_date () :+ "  " :+ NAME :+ "  " :+ EMAIL);
      _insert_text (p_newline :+ p_newline);
      _insert_text ("\t* " :+ currentFileName :+ ": ");

      push_bookmark ();
      _insert_text (p_newline :+ p_newline);
      pop_bookmark ();
   }
}

static _str get_current_buffer_filename ()
{
   return strip_filename (p_buf_name,'DP');
}

// formats to yyyy-mm-dd
//
static _str get_changelog_date ()
{
   _str date = _date ("U"); // mm/dd/yyyy
   _str month, day, year;
   int day_pos, year_pos;

   if (strcmp (substr (date, 2, 1), "/") == 0) { // single digit month
      month = "0" :+ substr (date, 1, 1);
      day_pos = 3;
   } else {
      month = substr (date, 1, 2);
      day_pos = 4;
   }

   if (strcmp (substr (date, day_pos + 1, 1), "/") == 0) { // single digit day
      day = "0" :+ substr (date, day_pos, 1);
      year_pos = day_pos + 2;
   } else {
      day = substr (date, day_pos, 2);
      year_pos = day_pos + 3;
   }

   year = substr (date, year_pos, 4);

   return (year :+ "-" :+ month :+ "-" :+ day);
}


[hs2]

Make the array definition static/global (outside insert_changelog_entry) or use e.g. this to init the array dynamically:

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   _str changeLogFileNames[];
    changeLogFileNames[ changeLogFileNames._length() ] = "Changelog1";
    changeLogFileNames[ changeLogFileNames._length() ] = "Changelog2";
HS2

[Ivan N. Zlatev]

HS2,

I moved the array out of the method ...

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_str changeLogFileNames[] = { "Changelog", "ChangeLog" };

_command void insert_changelog_entry () name_info(',')
{
   _str changeLogFileName = null;

   for (int i=0; i < changeLogFileNames._length (); i++) {

But now I get an Invalid Expression on the for line 

[hs2]

This is curr. not supported by Slick-C:

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for (int i=0, ... You 'd need to define int i; outside the for loop.

Good luck,
HS2

[Ivan N. Zlatev]

Thanks very much HS2.