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I've always had this problem when making scripts. I have a lot of fail safes in my functions but a lot of them wont work for the fact that many of the fail safes call from a function which is below it in the script. If I moved that lower function up above the current function then it wouldn't find the function I moved it above.

How do I get around this? It seems it happens when compiling, when compiling, it runs through the script, if it gets to a called function within another functions that hasn't been declared yet, but would have been declared right after the current function, it will say function not found.

Scar scripts are the only kind of scripts where I have experienced this issue, and it's a huge pain to have to copy an entire function into another function just because it can't find the function when compiling.

Any tips?

You are looking for forward.

function Fwded : string; forward;

procedure Call;
begin
  writeln('watwatin' + Fwded + 'butt');
end;

function Fwded : string;
begin
  result := 'da';
end;

begin
  Call;
end.

From: Sex
You are looking for forward.

function Fwded : string; forward;

procedure Call;
begin
  writeln('watwatin' + Fwded + 'butt');
end;

function Fwded : string;
begin
  result := 'da';
end;

begin
  Call;
end.

Eh, can you explain how I would use that, or how it works?

Basically, just do:
Function FunctionName; Forward;
Like at the top of the script.

That will allow you to call it.

From: The Man
Basically, just do:
Function FunctionName; Forward;
Like at the top of the script.

That will allow you to call it.

What if I need the function to return a boolean? Just a hypothetical question.

All my functions are simple execution functions that dont need to return anything… So if I put forward there all functions should be able to call all other functions regardless of the order? How can I make it have forward and return a boolean? I'm not at home atm so I can't test this. I'll be home in a bit though

function FunctionName : boolean; forward;

I don't usually use forwarded functions but:

Function FunctionName: Boolean; Forward;

I'm pretty sure that's right.
E: :ninja:'d

If the function has parameters, the parameter names must be identical too.

function DoThis(Uber: boolean): boolean; forward;
...
function DoThis(Super: boolean): boolean; // <-- WRONG
begin
end;

function DoThis(Uber: boolean): boolean; // <-- RIGHT!
begin
end;

From: marpis
If the function has parameters, the parameter names must be identical too.

function DoThis(Uber: boolean): boolean; forward;
...
function DoThis(Super: boolean): boolean; // <-- WRONG
begin
end;

function DoThis(Uber: boolean): boolean; // <-- RIGHT!
begin
end;

er those 2 wrong and right ones look exactly the same, where's the difference?

The "Super" and "Uber" in the parenthesis

From: The Man
The "Super" and "Uber" in the parenthesis

program New;

var
X,Y,Z:Integer;
function Add:Boolean; forward;
function Add:Boolean;
begin
Subtract;
end;

function Subtract:Boolean; forward;
function Subtract:Boolean;
begin
end;

begin

end.

I did this…still can't find the function subtract when called from the Add function. I Know it doesn't do anything here, but it cant call it..

From: The Man
Basically, just do:
Function FunctionName; Forward;
Like at the top of the script.

That will allow you to call it.

Read what this says ^

Put the forward at the top of the script

;)

From: The Man
Read what this says ^

Put the forward at the top of the script

;)

Alright I got that, but do I have to do this for each function?

program New;

var
X,Y,Z:Integer;
function Subtract :Boolean; forward;
function Add:Boolean;
begin
Subtract;
end;

function Subtract:Boolean;
begin
end;

begin

end.

Alright I figured it out, thanks for helping guys :).

Also, unless both functions call each other (or it leads to an unreadable mess), it's better not to use Forward.

Put the forward above where you want to call it. You only need it if the function you are calling is not already interpreted by SCAR.

I try to stay away from forwards though..you can find an alternative usually.