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well im having a little scriptproblem

what i want is for it to take each letter of a string one by one, but i dont think im doing it quite right

NPC Code:

---

...

for (i=0;i<strlen(#s(this.word));i++) {

 setstring this.word2,#e(i,1,#s(this.word));

}

...

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i guess thats where ive narrowed it to not working, because it wont take it piece by piece.

lets say this.word2 = hello

Your script will set the string accordingly
this.word2 = h
this.word2 = e
this.word2 = l
this.word2 = l
this.word2 = o

if you want it as a list you will have to use addstring

example

NPC Code:

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for(i = 0; i < strlen(#s(this.word2)); i ++)

  addstring this.word2,#e(i,1,#s(this.word2));

---

Either PD has your answer, or you need to be more descriptive of your problem. Becouse the rest looks right.

ok i missed exactily what my point was, so far it is working right with the way you suggested to fix it, but it broke up all the parts and made a list with commas like

h,e,l,l,o
but i fixed it thanks for your help :)

setstring tword,Blahblah;
for (i=0;i<strlen(#s(tword));i++) {
setstring tword2,#s(tword2)#e(i,1,#s(tword));
}

gives you

tword=Blahblah
tword2=BlahblahB

I dont know why it puts the B on thend, musta buggered up somewheres.

unset tword2; before the loop?

There is no flag to unset.

unset teh string?

setstring tword2,;
setstring tword,Blahblah;
for (i=0;i<strlen(#s(tword));i++) {
setstring tword2,#s(tword2)#e(i,1,#s(tword));
}

Still gives BlahblahB, dunno why.

That's weird i tried it and it didnt give me what, it gave me Blahblah x.x.

"unset tword2;" That is unsetting a FLAG.
"setstring tword2,;" That is "unsetting" a string..

You cant assume stuff like that, ye know?

They both work -.- Try it out before you tell someone incorrect information please.

You were actually wrong so shhh. :grin:

Wtf, a script did something similar to me before. After experimenting with it a minute ago... I think I know what does it. The script was being ran through the second you put it in a level and clicked "Close" on the script dialog. It set the first two strings, ignored the loop, and set the string inside of the for loop. Since i hadn't been set to anything yet, it was set as 0, so it set "tword2" as B initially. ...but that wouldn't explain why it stayed there even after you clicked "Play", since it should have unset tword2 before running through the loop. Weird.

Ok... nor does that explain why the B is on the END of your string...
OH, wait, did you use the debugger to view the string, or did you press F4 and look at the flag list? If you used F4, it might have re-parsed through the script and did what I said at the beginning. That would explain the B at the end rather than the beginning.

Yeah, I just tested out that theory. That's exactly what it seems to be doing. Obviously a bug, as it shouldn't be going inside of a loop when it sets initial strings. Well, it's a bit awkward that it would even set strings before entering the level anyway...

Hm, maybe if you delay the script for a tenth of a second or more it might be enough delay to make it run correctly, I'm not really sure =x.

Fine, make a level..
a NPC:

if (timeout||playerenters) {
this.msg=123456;
unset this.msg;
timeout=0.05;
message #v(this.msg);
}

Try that.

He is setting a string, not a variable.

setstring this.word,Blah;
unset this.word;

message #s(this.word);

Will still message Blah.

Not when I tried it x.x think about it, here's the logic:
if you do setstring clientr.test,hi; and you open the attributes, the string is shown in the flags section therefore it can be unset. If you still dont believe me, try this, its a weapon called Test:

NPC Code:

---

if (actionserverside) {

  putnpc2 playerx,playery,{

    if (created) message I'm here;

    if (playerchats) {

      if (strequals(#c,set)) setstring this.test,hi;

      if (strequals(#c,unset)) unset this.test;

      if (strequals(#c,say)) message #s(this.test);

    }

  }

}

//#CLIENTSIDE

if (weaponfired) {

  triggeraction 0,0,serverside,Test,;

}

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just say "set" "say" you'll see the npc say hi
then say "unset" "say" the npc will then say nothing b/c this.test is no longer there

NPC Code:

---

if(created)

set flag name;

---

Use unset flag name in that case, not with variables or strings :P

That's what i was saying..

geez lame people.
find another thread. this one has already been answered.







and to delete a string use setring

NPC Code:

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setstring <string>,;

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