$ Symbol in Ren'py

[RedArTWOrks2]

Hello everybody.

Today I have a question that doesn't prevent me from programming, but I just want to ask to know it.
My question is related with the function of "$ symbol in ren'py codes", for what is it used for? And what is the difference between a code with that symbol and another without it?

Thanks

RedArTWOrks

[Dylan_Bain]

It is used to define variables.
For example=

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$ variable1 = False

or

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$ variable1 == True

You can find out more about $ variables at http://renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/tutoria ... er_Choices.

[RedArTWOrks2]

Thank you so much

[trooper6]

Actually, $ means that the line is a single line of Python code. While this is often used to assign variables, I regularly use it to do other things as well, for example calling methods.

Doing a quick search of the documentation produces two pages (one in QuickStart) that explain this:
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/python.ht ... -statement
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/quickstar ... statements

[PyTom]

Basically,

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$ line of python code

is shorthand for:

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python:
    line of python code