Multidimensional Strings

[Dach]

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:

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  setstring string,this,is,a,string,array;

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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:

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  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++;

      }

    }

  }

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-manual entering of indecies-

NPC Code:

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  setstring 0_0,1;

  setstring 0_1,2;

  setstring 1_0,3;

  setstring 1_1,4;

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(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:

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  #v(index1)_#v(index2)_#v(index3);

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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:

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  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++;

      }

    }

  }

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-manual entry-

NPC Code:

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  setstring 0,0,1;

  setstring 0,1,2;

  setstring 1,0,3;

  setstring 1,1,4;

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(again 2x2)
and you can call them like so

NPC Code:

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  #I(#v(index1)_#v(index2),index3);

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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:

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  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);

  }

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-manual entry-

NPC Code:

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  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""";

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(note the placements of the "" )
and this is one of the ways to call a single entry;

NPC Code:

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  setstring string,#I(index,0);

  setstring string1,#I(string,0);

  setstring string2,#I(string1,1);

  message #s(string2);

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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