Group Object

World Bots Group

A collection of Bot objects.

Using the Group Object

The Group object is used to manipulate a collection of Bot objects. Most of the properties and methods of the Bot object are also available to the Group object.

All Bot objects in a Group are also members of the Bots collection object.

The Item method is the default property for the Group object.

Example

The following example creates a new Group of 10 Bot objects called "BlueTeam" and changes some of the properties for members of the group.

Dim BlueTeam as Group

Set BlueTeam = World.Bots.Create (10)
BlueTeam.Shape.Style = vbtStar
BlueTeam.Shape.Color = vbtBlue

This next example initializes a Group with the neighbor Bot objects that are found within a 50 unit radius from a Bot.

Dim Neighbors as Group, Bot as Bot
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Set Neighbors = Bot.GroupNear(50)

This next example splits the Bot objects in the Bots collection into two Group objects using the Group method.

Dim FirstHalf as Group, SecondHalf as Group

Bots.Create 20
Set FirstTenGroup = Bots.Group(1,10)
Set SecondTenGroup = Bots.Group(11,20)

The last example adds all Bot objects that are older than 55 to the "Retired" Group.

Dim Retired as Group
Set Retired = New Group
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For Each Bot in Bots
     If Bot.Age > 55 Then Retired.Add Bot
Next Bot