Clearing Variables - Calling macros from within each other

Furiousness · Post by **Furiousness** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:04 pm

Hi Guys

I have a macro that calls a similar copy of itself once it has finished, when running and the next macro starts I get Variable name already defined. So am guessing its holding onto the memory there somewhere. Anyway what I am after is how do I clear the memory? I just tried the /zapvars command but it seemed to have killed the variables for the next macro also (both macros have the same variable names).

Any thoughts appreciated.

Also I have a third macro which runs after the second, well its supposed to but it doesn't. Anyone played with calling macros one after the other from with each other?

Cheers

Fury

Mckorr · Post by **Mckorr** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:16 pm

Change the variable names for the second macro, or use local instead of global variables.

I typically build my macros in modules, then call the modules by use of the #include statement. So I have one master macro of about 10 lines, which calls 2 or 3 other macros as includes.

You could do that instead of having them chain call each other, and use /zapvars between include calls.

Furiousness · Post by **Furiousness** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:34 pm

Ahhh yes, i see what you mean. The problem being though is that I am linkin the Sits.mac, which takes in starting params. I am using it to do subcombines as soon it has finished the initial combines.

eg /macro sits default "packet of kiola" "water "........
when this has run out of supplies it begins the next macro

/macro sits default "kiola" ..................

How would I imitate that using the include?

Cheers

Fury

Plazmic · Post by **Plazmic** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:56 pm

Try /zapvars?

Mckorr · Post by **Mckorr** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 8:09 pm

#include sits.mac

Change "sub Main" to "sub SitsMain". Change /endmacro in sits.mac to /return.

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#inlcude sits.mac
sub Main
/call SitsMain param param param
/zapvars
/call SitsMain param param param
/endmacro

That will call sits.mac using the first set of parameters. When sits.mac is done it will return to this macro, which will zapvars and pass a new set of parameters.

Just make sure sub SitsMain ends with /return, not /endmacro, so it returns control to the calling macro instead of ending the whole process.