Now some of you know what these are, but here is a quick overview for those who don't;
Multidimensional strings are string arrays with more than one index (number assigned to a part of the string array). You may have seen the single dimension string arrays graal obviously has;
NPC Code:
setstring string,this,is,a,string,array;
but multidimensional arrays would have multiple entries for each of the entries in the above example. (like I said, quick)
Many of you have heard the rants about wanting these neat little things, but few have you know how to improvise them. I am going to show you a couple of different ways and explain the pros and cons of each one as best I can.
#1
altering the name of a string
You can emulate the properties of a multidimensional string array by using the names of the strings to your advantage;
NPC Code:
for (a=0;a<3;a++) {
for (b=0;b<3;b++) {
for (c=0;c<3;c++) {
setstring #v(a)_#v(b)_#v(c),#v(n);
n++;
}
}
}
-manual entering of indecies-
NPC Code:
setstring 0_0,1;
setstring 0_1,2;
setstring 1_0,3;
setstring 1_1,4;
(too much typing for the 3x3x3, so this is 2x2)
Will create a 3x3x3 string array with the indecies denoted in the name of the string. You can call each one the same way it is set
NPC Code:
#v(index1)_#v(index2)_#v(index3);
But of course this method will give you a new string for each entry, which while this may be easier to call, it takes up more memory (bad).
#2
altering name and making use of current string array function
You can shorten the number of strings created by using the built in string array system like so;
NPC Code:
for (a=0;a<3;a++) {
for (b=0;b<3;b++) {
for (c=0;c<3;c++) {
addstring #v(a)_#v(b),#v(n);
n++;
}
}
}
-manual entry-
NPC Code:
setstring 0,0,1;
setstring 0,1,2;
setstring 1,0,3;
setstring 1,1,4;
(again 2x2)
and you can call them like so
NPC Code:
#I(#v(index1)_#v(index2),index3);
this will shorten the number of strings to the dividend of the third index. It's a little more to type, but ohwell.
#3
integrating into current string arrays
this will put the whole string array into one string, it gets a little complicated in calling indecies, but it's worth it.
NPC Code:
setstring index,;
for (a=0;a<3;a++) {
setstring index1,;
for (b=0;b<3;b++) {
setstring index2,;
for (c=0;c<3;c++) {
addstring index2,#v(n);
n++;
}
addstring index1,#s(index2);
}
addstring index,#s(index1);
}
-manual entry-
NPC Code:
setstring string,"""0,1,2"",""3,4,5"",""6,7,8""","""9,10,11" ",""12,13,14"",""15,16,17""","""18,19,20"",""21,22 ,23"",""24,25,26""";
(note the placements of the "" )
and this is one of the ways to call a single entry;
NPC Code:
setstring string,#I(index,0);
setstring string1,#I(string,0);
setstring string2,#I(string1,1);
message #s(string2);
The third way can also be done with spaces and called using tokenize aswell but I've typed too much and need to get some sleep now. I hope this helps someone, and that I didn't make any mistakes... hehe