Trouble With Strlen()

[wonderboysp2p]

im sorry i havent posted code in a while..
plz help meh X_x



if (created) {
timeout=0.05;
}
if (timeout) {
timeout=0.05;
setstring message2,This is NOT a Test;
showimg 2,@@b@#s(client.message2),screenwidth-strlen(message2)*8,screenheight-21;
changeimgvis 2,4;
}

I need it to be kinda like the little thing on GK that says you know "you avatar of govannon atmoizes Glok Lord"

[Kaimetsu]

1) Strlen takes a string, not the name of a string. Currently it's returning the length of 'message2'.
2) Use a this.string for temp stuff.

[wonderboysp2p]

what would i use to get the length of "this is NOT a test" then?

[protagonist]

Use a for loop. What you need to do is get the strlen of the string's value (this is NOT a test), not just the length of the string name.

[wonderboysp2p]

a for loop?

how would the script look then?

[Kaimetsu]

I don't know why protagonist is talking about loops. Anyway:

#s() converts string names into strings.

[protagonist]

Everybody always tells me to do for loops .


I would do something like for(i=0;i<strlen(#s(message2));i++) type thing.

[Kaimetsu]

Originally posted by protagonist
I would do something like for(i=0;i<strlen(#s(message2));i++) type thing.

...for what purpose?

[wonderboysp2p]

X_x

strlen(#s(client.message2))

would be the length of "this is NOT a test" then?

[Admins]

strlen(#s(message2))

[wonderboysp2p]

woo! alright i got it working now... i feel good now that stefan posted in my thread thanks for the help guys

[protagonist]

Originally posted by Kaimetsu


...for what purpose?

Ugh, sorry, that would just give i the the value of the length of message2.

Originally posted by Stefan
strlen(#s(message2))

Whoa, you are awake late.

[wonderboysp2p]

Originally posted by protagonist

Whoa, you are awake late.

yea stefan's crazy like that...



now i gotta figure out the right number to multiply it by.. X_x

and i think capital letters will screw that up
Edit : Yep... having lower case letters numbers and capital letters changes everything... now im gonna have to check the string for caps, numbers, and lowercase letters X_x

[Tseng]

Originally posted by protagonist
Everybody always tells me to do for loops .


I would do something like for(i=0;i<strlen(#s(message2));i++) type thing.

Uh. Do you even know what you're talking about?

Do you even know what the guy's trying to do?

He's trying to use strlen to return a value.

Using a for loop does not help him learn to use strlen.

And the fact that everyone else tells you to do for loops has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. Sorry, just had to complain about that.

Anyway, as for your problem wonderboy, align your showimg text to the right instead of the left perhaps? Then you need not worry about strlen at all, really.

[wonderboysp2p]

omg i can just Align it?????