DictionaryGetFloat

Family: Dictionary · 2 forms

What it does

DictionaryGetFloat takes dictionary (an integer) and key (a string), and answers a float. That is the first of 2 forms.

Syntax

1
DictionaryGetFloat(dictionary integer, key string) → float
2
DictionaryGetFloat(dictionary integer, key string, defaultValue float) → float

Parameters

NameTypeIn forms
dictionaryintegerall
keystringall
defaultValuefloat2

Every form returns

float

Example · generated

Form 1, the short one

DO  Print(DictionaryGetFloat(1, "score"))  Sync()LOOP

Form 2, with every argument

DO  Print(DictionaryGetFloat(1, "score", 1.0))  Sync()LOOP

DictionaryGetFloat is called and its answer is printed every frame. The DO … LOOP is not decoration: a classic BASIC program ends the moment it runs out of lines, and Sync() is what draws the frame.

17 commands in Dictionary