For loop problem

[JohnnyChimpo]

Why does this not put the file string into temp.filename array, the output of this is 0.

PHP Code:


const lngNumber = 8;

function onActionServerside() {
  for (temp.i =0;i<lngNumber;i++){
    temp.filename[i] = "levels/translations/server_de.po";
  }
} 


This isn't all the script obviously but when i take the for loop out everything works correctly i'm stumped. Thanks in advance.

[callimuc]

tryo to make it

PHP Code:

const lngNumber = 8;

function onActionServerside() {
  temp.filename = NULL; //dont know why, just prefer to set it to NULL before using it
  for (temp.i =0;i<lngNumber;i++){
    temp.filename.add("levels/translations/server_de.po");
  }
} 


[cbk1994]

What are you doing with the variable? You haven't even defined it as an array, so you definitely can't access it like that.

[Cubical]

Originally Posted by JohnnyChimpo

Why does this not put the file string into temp.filename array, the output of this is 0.

PHP Code:


const lngNumber = 8;

function onActionServerside() {
  for (temp.i =0;i<lngNumber;i++){
    temp.filename[i] = "levels/translations/server_de.po";
  }
} 


This isn't all the script obviously but when i take the for loop out everything works correctly i'm stumped. Thanks in advance.

Why not just store the languages like this

PHP Code:

function onChangeLanguage(lang){
temp.translationfiles = {
{"English", "en"},
{"Dutch", "de"},
{"Troll", "tr"}
};
for(temp.translationfile : temp.translationfiles){
  if(temp.translationfile[0]  == lang){
// then for your path do something like and whatever else you want to do
loadtranslation("levels/translations/server_" @ temp.translationfile[1] @ ".po");
} 


I typed this on my phone so by the time i finished i don't know if it went where it needed to go to answer your original question and im sure the formatting is off.

[JohnnyChimpo]

Originally Posted by callimuc

tryo to make it

PHP Code:

const lngNumber = 8;

function onActionServerside() {
  temp.filename = NULL; //dont know why, just prefer to set it to NULL before using it
  for (temp.i =0;i<lngNumber;i++){
    temp.filename.add("levels/translations/server_de.po");
  }
} 


That worked thank you very much callimuc, i just have one thing to say however. In the whole grand scheme of things isn't quite inefficient to go and add another function call there? This language should accept the form i had written the first time. That and i could be wrong, but it would be a better means of doing it, based on the two.

[callimuc]

Originally Posted by JohnnyChimpo

That worked thank you very much callimuc, i just have one thing to say however. In the whole grand scheme of things isn't quite inefficient to go and add another function call there? This language should accept the form i had written the first time. That and i could be wrong, but it would be a better means of doing it, based on the two.

only working with player/npcs attributes. but only because they are only defined.

like cbk said, you didt define it as a array yet. if you really want to use your version you can try this

PHP Code:

const lngNumber = 8;

function onActionServerside() {
  temp.filename = NULL; //like i said before, i prefer to do this
  for (temp.j=0;temp.j<lngNumbers;temp.j++) {
    temp.filename.add(""); //this way you are at least creating an array, it will be blank
  }

  for (temp.i =0;temp.i<lngNumber;temp.i++){
    temp.filename[i] = "levels/translations/server_de.po";
  }
} 


you have to create the array by using the version i did (using .add("something");) or by creating it like temp.array = {"hi", "", NULL, player.head, 5, ": D"};

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by JohnnyChimpo

That worked thank you very much callimuc, i just have one thing to say however. In the whole grand scheme of things isn't quite inefficient to go and add another function call there? This language should accept the form i had written the first time. That and i could be wrong, but it would be a better means of doing it, based on the two.

The first way you wrote it didn't define the array.

You could do...

PHP Code:

// create an array with 8 elements and fill them all with the same thing
const LANGUAGE_COUNT = 8;

function onActionServerside() {
  temp.filenameArray = new[LANGUAGE_COUNT]; // this is better than callimuc's version
  
  for (temp.i = 0; temp.i < LANGUAGE_COUNT; temp.i ++) {
    temp.filenameArray[temp.i] = "levels/translations/server_de.po";
  }
} 


but it's a bit silly. Is it faster than using array.add()? Uh, probably, but you'll never notice and there's no reason to over-optimize the code at the expense of readability. I almost never see arrays defined like this (I actually had to look up the syntax to make sure I was right).

PHP Code:

// create an array with 8 elements and fill them all with the same thing
function onActionServerside() {
  temp.filenameArray = {};
  
  for (temp.i = 0; temp.i < 8; temp.i ++) {
    temp.filenameArray.add("levels/translations/server_de.po");
  }
} 


I'm not really sure what you're trying to do.

edit: saw this in your other thread, this is better than all of the above:

PHP Code:

function onCreated() {
  this.languages = {"de","es","fr","it","ne","no","po","sw"}; 
  this.fileArray = {};
  
  for (temp.lang : this.languages) {
    this.fileArray.add("levels/translations/server_" @ temp.lang @ ".po");
  }
} 


[callimuc]

Originally Posted by cbk1994

The first way you wrote it didn't define the array.

You could do...

[PHP]temp.filenameArray = new[LANGUAGE_COUNT];

never really played with this kind of new stuff (mostly because i didnt need it yet) but cool to know