Hi, I have just started learning. Do you have any suggestions on how to improve my code?

New to Julia
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positionX = 0
positionY = 0

while true
global positionX
global positionY

println(“X: $positionX”)
println(“Y: $positionY”)

print("Enter command: ")
userInput = readline()

if userInput == “a”
positionX -= 1
elseif userInput == “d”
positionX += 1
elseif userInput == “s”
positionY -= 1
elseif userInput == “w”
positionY += 1
end
end

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Hi and welcome to Julia :slight_smile: In what sense would you like to improve your code? Have you read the manual? If you are after performance, I can recommend the performance tips?

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Please quote your code.

Also, it is best to ask a more concrete question. Your code is neither optimal (because it uses globals) nor idiomatic, but may be fine for a trivial task, such as this exercise.

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There’s nothing particularly wrong with your code, it’s just very simple.

Something you could do is split the code into functions, for example you would want a function update_position.

To avoid the if else you could try to use a Dictionary (e.g. Dict("a"=>1, "d"=>-1)).

Or better, you could try to introduce some types. For example an Action type and a State type that hold positionX and positionY, you code would then read something like:

actions = [Action("Left","a",-1), Action("Right","d",+1)]

for action in actions
    iskey(action, userInput) && update!(state, action)
end
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