Multiple instances of an enemy... how?

[originalfragster]

Firstly, I'm not asking for any code or anything. I'm just asking for a simple explaination, and possibly an example.

I have one enemy in the game at the moment, it's properties are all tied up into a function enemy()
How can I multiply this function several times? so if this is the functions code:

function gameenemy()
if enemy.y>playerbullet.y 
and playerbullet.x<enemy.x+enemy.image:width() 
and playerbullet.x>enemy.x
then enemy.x=math.random(20,460) enemy.y=math.random(10,150)
end
end

What I am trying to achieve, is that the game automatically creates an "enemy1", "enemy2", "enemy3"... possibly with a "for" statement.

What would I need to add to achieve this?

---
function gameenemy()
for i=0,5 do
if enemy[i].y>playerbullet.y
and playerbullet.x<enemy[i].x+enemy[i].image:width()
and playerbullet.x>enemy[i].x
then enemy[i].x=math.random(20,460) enemy[i].y=math.random(10,150)
end
end
---

-This is what I want to do, loop the function's code multiple times, and each enemy acts independantly of the other. Without having to create a function per enemy.

[originalfragster]

*Bump*

[Blade_punk]

hey,
i cant really understand you but i think you want that set up as a function so you dont have to constantly retype those lines. am i right?
you could try:

function gameenemy(object)
if object.y>playerbullet.y 
and playerbullet.x<object.x+object.image:width() 
and playerbullet.x>object.x
then object.x=math.random(20,460) object.y=math.random(10,150)
end

while true do
gameenemy(enemy)
end

then replace gameenemy(enemy) with the names of the other enemies or whatever. hope that helps

[LordCthulu]

Using the above example, you could put a for loop inside the while loop, and have the enemies in an array. So something like..

while true do
for(i=5, i<5, i++)
gameenemy(enemy[i])
end
end

I don't remember the lua for loop though, I know that ones wrong, just an example. Back to hitting on that hot chick over there ....

[Blade_punk]

yeah that would work well LordCthulu. so try:

function gameenemy(object)
if object.y>playerbullet.y 
and playerbullet.x<object.x+object.image:width() 
and playerbullet.x>object.x
then object.x=math.random(20,460) object.y=math.random(10,150)
end

while true do
for(i=5, i<5, i++)
gameenemy(enemy[i])
end
end

[originalfragster]

I sincerely apologise for the late reply :|
Just busy atm with exams :(

Thanks though, I'll try it out afterwards,

many thanks,
originalfragster