Simple scripting language using classes. Uses callbyname function to run a classes methods. This allows for very fast parsing, because there is no IF Then or Case statements. Create a class module with the functions that you want in your scripting 'language'. Then you can simply send a string of text into the class' parse function to get the name of the function and the values to be operated on. After you have gotten the name, use CallByName with the vbMethod operator. This is a quick class (OOP) example. To keep it simple, I didn't include properties, only public and private variables.
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cool. nice little thing you got going there. i like the use of CallByName. i didn't know that. but i'm not sure it's actually faster because calling a method takes more time than an if or select case because it has to push stuff on the stack and stuff like that. but nice job! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Hey, thanks for the feedback, and the vote, heh. Yeah, I didn't measure how long it would take. I also didn't think about the stack thing... Oh well. What I was attempting was to find a way to make a selection without a long Case(Switch if you know C++) statement. Say you have over fifty functions that you would call from a scripting language. Very fast in C, not too bad in VB, but the length of the code might be several pages long. Aside from speed, making smaller code is another aspect of programming. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
tnx man. i was searching for this. it's good for putting my code on text files. it's kind of a plugin system.keep it up!5* from me! (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
thanks erik very interesting program (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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