file question

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mudcat (Posted 2004) [#1]

I want to save the settings for each person in my game in a file named whatever name they input. Can I do this. name$=input$("give me ur name please") writefile("players\"+name$+".dat") and if not...how would u do it? Thanks, mudcat

Gabriel (Posted 2004) [#2]

Yes and no. You can do it, but you'll have to remove illegal characters from the name they input. Certain characters cannot appear in the name of a file and if they're there, something will break ( no idea what, I've not tried it. ) Just ensure that the player only inputs numbers and letters, and yeah, no sweat.

mudcat (Posted 2004) [#3]

thanks, I do all my coding on paper first then try it later,this will help me write more code before hitting the ide. Thanks again, mudcat