Getting a clean string out of 'group _unit'

[CptBBQ 10]

Hi there,

first of all, thanks for looking at this. I´m running against a wall with one of my scripts, and (again) I´m desperate for help...

I´ll try to keep it as short as possible...

So, lets say I have the groups alpha and bravo and I want to store their kills in arrays named alphaKills and bravoKills. When a killedEventHandler goes of, I need to know in which array to store the kill. The script will eventually have to handle a lot more group names so I don´t want to use 'if' or 'switch' statements.

I came up with this, because I already used a similar syntax using player names.

_groupKills = str(group (_killer)) + "Kills";  //_killer is the unit passed by the EH

call compile format ["%1 set [count %1, _victim]", _groupKills];

But it cannot work, because

hint format ["%1", group (_killer)];

returns e.g. "B Alpha" if _killer is in team alpha. So the array would be

called 'B AlphaKills' which is bad in many ways. I´ve got no idea where those "B"s come from, neither how to get rid of them. I´ve looked for methods to trim or edit characters in stings but haven´t found anything.

I think an answer to one of the following questions would solve my problem:

1. Can I somehow obtain the name of a group as given via 'createUnit' and 'groupName = group _unit' in form of a string? (I need the exact name without any added characters)

2. Is there a feasible method to change individual characters in strings?

3. This would be more of a last resort but could I somehow rename the initial arrays to e.g. 'B alphaKills' despite the whitespace?

4. How would you approach this problem if you wouldn´t want to 'switch' through several groupnames to access their respective arrays?

If you have any insights on this issue, please share.

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,

CptBBQ

[CptBBQ 10]

*bumb*

pleeease... there´s got to be a way to achieve this.

[kylania 546]

Maybe save variables to the mission namespace and have a switch, if the kill comes from group alpha increase alphaKills by one, if it comes from bravo increase bravoKills by one? Look into setVariable and getVariable.

[shuko 45]

group this setgroupid ["Alpha"];

_grp = toarray str group _killer;
_grp set [0,"DEL"];
_grp set [1,"DEL"];
_grp = _grp - ["DEL"];
_grp = tostring _grp;

I'm sure there must be a more elegant way to do it, but try that. :)

[CptBBQ 10]

group this setgroupid ["Alpha"];

_grp = toarray str group _killer;
_grp set [0,"DEL"];
_grp set [1,"DEL"];
_grp = _grp - ["DEL"];
_grp = tostring _grp;

I'm sure there must be a more elegant way to do it, but try that. :)

Haha! Maybe it´s not elegant, but I think it´s a really smart approach :D

Exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks to both of you!

Cheers,

CptBBQ

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edit:

aaaaand, it works!

great stuff, thanks again.

Edited December 16, 2010 by CptBBQ