Generate objects in shapes

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here have any examples or samples on how to create objects and have them appear in certain shapes.

Like for an example, a bunch of coins appearing in the shape of squares or pyramids.

<img src="http://i44.tinypic.com/i4pks5.jpg" border="0" />

I tried playing around with 2 For loops but results were disastrous.

Any help is very much appreciated. Thank you.

An array is what you are after! Are you comfortable with arrays? If not, you should read the tutorial 'arrays for beginners'.

I just took a quick look at the Arrays for Beginners and I think I get the idea.

Will give it a try later on. Thanks!

I'm still having trouble with 2D array, even after following the example from the 'Arrays for Beginners'.

Does anyone have any other examples I can follow?

No need to use an array just use two for loops. In fact the array wouldn't help in the case of the triangle.

For a 3x3 square whose top left is at x,y do this:

Global number x=100

Global number y=30

Start of layout

For "row" from 0 to 2

For "col" from 0 to 2

--- create sprite at 32*loopindex("col")+x, 32*loopindex("row")+y

And for a triangle do this:

Start of layout

For "row" from 0 to 2

For "col" from 0 to loopindex("row")

--- create sprite at 32*loopindex("col")+x, 32*loopindex("row")+y

No need to use an array just use two for loops. In fact the array wouldn't help in the case of the triangle.

For a 3x3 square whose top left is at x,y do this:

Global number x=100

Global number y=30

Start of layout

For "row" from 0 to 2

For "col" from 0 to 2

--- create sprite at 32*loopindex("col")+x, 32*loopindex("row")+y

And for a triangle do this:

Start of layout

For "row" from 0 to 2

For "col" from 0 to loopindex("row")

--- create sprite at 32*loopindex("col")+x, 32*loopindex("row")+y

Thanks! Will try it out.