strings, numbers, variables and a good headache.

[Toasted Duckie 0]

Hello once again.

Imagine someone wanting to "automate" the following process (assigning variables to something);

_var1 = variable1;
_var2 = variable2;
_var3 = variable3;

I've been struggling for a while now, but the code below shows up a hint every 2 seconds saying: _var1 . 2nd time it says _var2 and 3rd time it says _var3.

_max = 19007;
_min = 19004;
_var =  "_var";
_Add = 0;


while {(_min <= _max)} do
{
_Add = _Add + 1;
_var = format ["_var %1",_Add ];
hintSilent format ["%1",_var ];
_min = _min + 1;
sleep 2;
};

In other words, I can let the variables (_var1, _var2, _var3) show up. But I can't get a "hold" of them to assign anything to them.

If that makes sense :confused::confused:

Help much apreciated:D

<3

[shuko 59]

_min = 19004;
_max = 19007;
_add = 1;
for "_i" from _min to _max do {
 call compile format ["hintsilent _var%1",_add];
 _add = _add + 1;
};

Edit: You said you have 3 variables, but min - max contains four. So, you might need to tweak it a little. For example, not including max:

_min = 19004;
_max = 19007;
_add = 1;
for "_i" from _min to (_max - 1) do {
 call compile format ["hintsilent _var%1",_add];
 _add = _add + 1;
};

Edited July 31, 2010 by Shuko

[Toasted Duckie 0]

_min = 19004;
_max = 19007;
_add = 1;
for "_i" from _min to _max do {
 call compile format ["hintsilent _var%1",_add];
 _add = _add + 1;
};

Unless I'm misinterpreting you, you are misinterpreting me:)

I want to do:

_varx = (variable)

where _varx is the text coming up in the hint. It's been too much of a struggle to properly explain it... I just can't think of a better way to explain, my apologies:D

[shuko 59]

_var1 = "one";

_var2 = "two";

_var3 = "three";

Then that code will hint:

one

two

three

[Toasted Duckie 0]

I don't want the hint to show the variables, I want to create variables with the variable name as showed in the hint.

[shuko 59]

Ah ok.

Two stupid questions:

1) Why can't you just use the global variables in your script?

2) Why can't you use an array?

[Toasted Duckie 0]

Ah ok.

Two stupid questions:

1) Why can't you just use the global variables in your script?

2) Why can't you use an array?

1) More instances off the script will be running

2) the script is pretty dynamic, amount of elements aren't a fixed value

[Big Dawg KS 6]

If you have a string containing the variable name, you can assign a value like this:

call compile format ["%1 = VALUE",_varString];

Where VALUE is any value, and _varString is your variable as a string (ex: "_var1"). Or, if your value is also a variable:

call compile format ["%1 = %2",_varString,_value];

Same story, only _value is another variable containing the value.

[shuko 59]

1) Guessed as much.

2) Kind of hard to think of what you can't do with nested arrays.

---------- Post added at 07:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:24 PM ----------

Same story, only _value is another variable containing the value.

Except it's a bit more trickier with wanting to assign local variables as you need to have the call compile format actually return value, because it doesnt help to assign value to _var inside it as it will not exists in the main scope/script. It's usually simple, but wanting the receiving var name to be dynamic makes it just a mess. :P

[Big Dawg KS 6]

Except it's a bit more trickier with wanting to assign local variables as you need to have the call compile format actually return value, because it doesnt help to assign value to _var inside it as it will not exists in the main scope/script. It's usually simple, but wanting the receiving var name to be dynamic makes it just a mess. :P

What about:

private[_varString];
call compile format ["%1 = VALUE",_varString];

[shuko 59]

Yep, that helps, but you probably need to first loop to create the varnames, then private them, then do another loop to actually assign values since most likely it does no good to private them inside the same loop, because they wouldn't be visible for the upper scope. :)