A Hitchhiker's guide to
                                      GALAXY
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GALAXY is based in large parts on C, a programming language first released
somewhen in the 70s.



Native Variable Types
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Type                Description
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abilcmd             Complex type.
actor               Complex type.
actorscope          Complex type.
aifilter            Complex type.
animfilter          Complex type.
bank                Complex type.
bool                Primitive type. Boolean (yes/true/1 or no/false/0) value.
byte                Primitive type. Integer from 0 to 255.
camerainfo          Complex type.
char                Primitive type. Used nowhere by Blizzard, so why should you?
color               Complex type.
doodad              Complex type.
fixed               Primitive type. Real number values.
handle              Complex type. Also no used anywhere by Blizzard.
int                 Primitive type. Integer from -2^31 to (2^31)-1.
marker              Complex type.
order               Complex type.
playergroup         Complex type.
point               Complex type.
region              Complex type.
revealer            Complex type.
sound               Complex type.
soundlink           Complex type.
string              Primitive type. Basic text values.
text                Complex type. Extended text values that support certain
                    markup options.
timer               Complex type.
transmissionsource  Complex type.
trigger             Complex type.
unit                Complex type.
unitfilter          Complex type.
unitgroup           Complex type.
unitref             Complex type.
void                Primitive type. Empty type.
wave                Complex type.
waveinfo            Complex type.
wavetarget          Complex type.



Struct Variable Types
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Variable Declaration
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Variables can be declared anywhere outside functions. In functions they can
only be declared at the top of the function.
Variable declarations look like this:
    <Variable Type> <Variable Name>;
So a more practical example would look like:
    int CurrentPlayer;
    
Variable declarations can have certain options:
    
    They can be declared as "static" like so:
        static int CurrentPlayer;
    Note that declaring a variable as static prevents any code outside the
    file, where the variable was declared in, from accessing the variable.
    Variables cant be declared as static inside functions.
    
    They can be initialized with a value like so:
        int CurrentPlayer=0;
    Variables can be initialized with any value.
    
    They can be declared as constant like so:
        const int CurrentPlayer=0;
    Declaring a variable as constant prevents any code from writing a new
    value to the variable. You have to initialize constant variables.
    
    They can also be declared as "static" and constant at the same time:
        static const int CurrentPlayer=0;
    This prevents any code from writing a new value to the variable and it
    prevents code outside the file, where the variable was declared in,
    from reading it. You have to initialize constant variables.
    This does not work inside functions.