# (sharp) symbol

[bicilotti]

What does exactly the sharp symbol ( # ) mean/do in the global script? I've searched the manual, but I didn't found anything.

[Khris]

Special compiler commands use this. Say you put

#define VAR 10

at the start of a script. At compile-time, every occurance of VAR is replaced by a 10.

It's even possible to do

#define AI player.ActiveInventory

or

#define IFMAX if(player==cMax)

Then you could do this:
IFMAX AI=iBall;

Other commands are #IFDEF and #IFNDEF.

Opposed to the usual script commands, those compiler commands are used to alter the actual source code directly before it is compiled.

[bicilotti]

Special compiler commands use this. Say you put

#define VAR 10

at the start of a script. At compile-time, every occurance of VAR is replaced by a 10.

It's even possible to do

#define AI player.ActiveInventory

or

#define IFMAX if(player==cMax)

Then you could do this:
IFMAX AI=iBall;

Other commands are #IFDEF and #IFNDEF.

Opposed to the usual script commands, those compiler commands are used to alter the actual source code directly before it is compiled.

Got it! But what about the

Code: ags

 #sectionstart on_mouse_click 

or similar we find even in the basic globalscript? May I just ignore them in future developements (e.g.of the GUI) or are they important?

I've tried to cut some of them and leave only the lines between and everything seems alright.

[Khris]

They are used by AGS to find its functions. Leave them be or it gets screwed up.
It's not necessary to add them to your own functions.