help with locals

[Jooster]

what's the difference between a temp_local_group and a normal temp_unit_group?

if anything could someone link me to a tutorial to read up about them. ive looked around and i am unable to find one of such.

 

[Renendaru]

I think you are confusing GUI and Jass...

function
    local unit group g = GetUnitsInRect( GetPlayableMapArea())

Actions
    Set TempGroup = Units in (Playable Map Area)

They're one and the same basically...

 

[Jooster]

i forget where but i was told to help make a spell mui to set variable groups as locals. :S

 

[Renendaru]

Locals don't make it MUI. You can add them in, but they won't necessarily make it MUI.

 

[Jooster]

are there any tutorials that i can read about locals?

 

[Renendaru]

Just search for any jass tutorial. It should tell you of them.

 

[TriggerHappy]

What is there to know? They are the same as regular variables , without the ability to be transfered from functions.

 

[Jooster]

transfered between functions. you mean like if i set a local in one trigger i couldn't use that same local in another trigger. say for instance i set units into a unit group. i wouldn't be able to use that same unit group in a different trigger?

 

[Renendaru]

You can use the same name, type, but not that same exact instance. Say you do,

local unit group g = GetUnitsInRect( GetPlayableMapArea())

That gets every unit.

local unit group g = GetUnitsInRect( udg_Rect)

That gets units just in one rect, not all.

The two will not override each other, so it can be the same name, type, input, whatever.

 

[Jooster]

hrmm yea i kinda like that. not filling up my map with 1 variable for one thing.