player.chat.starts with switch()

[furry_mougle]

I know you can do something like,

PHP Code:

function onPlayerChats(){
  if(player.chat.starts("test"){
     // bla bla bla
  }
} 


but why can't you do something like this?

PHP Code:

function onPlayerChats(){
   switch (player.chat.starts){
     case "test": // or case "("test")": ?
        // bla bla bla
     break;
   }
} 


might be a really simple solution, but idk it's been bugging me for a while

[Mark Sir Link]

try something like

PHP Code:

function onCreated(){
  this.prefix = "what chat should start with";
} 
function onPlayerChats(){
  if(player.chat.starts(this.prefix)){
    switch(player.chat.substring(this.prefix.length())){
      case "test": break;
      case default : break;
    }
  }
} 


[DustyPorViva]

PHP Code:

function onPlayerChats(){
   temp.txt = player.chat.tokenize()[0];
   switch (txt){
     case "test": // or case "("test")":
        // bla bla bla
     break;
   }
} 


Should work.

[furry_mougle]

interesting, cool!

[Crow]

Originally Posted by furry_mougle

why

Because string.starts(substring) is a function that returns either true or false, depending on whether the string begins with substring or not; making it useless in a switch statement.

[0PiX0]

Usually I check a substring from position 0 to the position the first space is at

PHP Code:

switch (player.chat.substring(0, player.chat.pos(" "))) {
  case  "herp":  derp();  break;
  case  "tick":  tock();  break;
}