Clearing the top line of text is String Parser.

[ACESpark]

In a game i'm making, I use a combination of String Parser and Text Blitter to display in game text. I can have a max of 3 lines and 16 characters per line displayed at once. That isn't alot of space for a story heavy game.

The letters are displayed one at a time.

At the moment I have a value counting up to 48 depending on how many letters have been shown, and then removing the top line through the following method:

midstr$( "String Parser", (16*Alterable Value E( "Text Blitter" )), Alterable Value B( "Text Blitter" ))

Value B = Current letter displayed.
Value E = Line to miss.

This, how-ever doesn't work for a number of reasons:
a) Most lines do not display 16 characters due to words not fitting on, breaking the code.
b) When all 16 characters are displayed, it sometimes waits untill the next line is full to display it.
c) Sometimes it just decides to screw up completely for no reason I can fanthom.

Is there a way for Script Parser to reconise what Newline$ number it is to display the lines correctly? So when it reaches Newline$ no 3 in a text message, it'll remove everything before the first Newline$?
That would definately be the better way of doing this..

I can't figure it out, my knowledge with string parser is limited to getting letters to display.

[DavidN]

It sounds like you could set Newline$ as a delimiter in the String Parser and remove everything that occurs before the first one, but the actual details of that are something that I can't look up at the moment.