How do i get the custom name of a group?

[buliwyf 4]

Hi..

I gave a group the name group_s11 in the init row with: group_s11 = group this;

Later i want to get the group name in a script. I tested with player sideChat format["%1", group cursorTarget], but i only get O 1-1-A displayed and not my custom name of the group... :confused:

Any ideas how i can get the custom name?

thx

[rübe 127]

Stop confusing the name of a variable with the name of the variables contents. If you write:

group_s11 = group this;

then you did NOT "name" that group. Instead you've created a global variable called group_s11 which points to that group. Yet, that group still has it's default name/id.

What you probably need is setGroupId.

[buliwyf 4]

OK... i don`t want to name the group like Squad1... i want to get the variable group_s11 in a script. But i have no idea how to do it. My mission is very dynamic and my script works with a lot of groups. So i need a way to get the variable of the group...

:cool:

[rübe 127]

Well, in case your cursorTarget is a unit, then you get a pointer to that units group with `group cursorTarget`. Isn't that all you need?

[buliwyf 4]

View my first post... instead of group_s11 i got O1-1-A... that`s the problem.

[rübe 127]

instead of group_s11 i got O1-1-A... that`s the problem.

that's only the string-representation of your group, because you format... ahhh, your pulling off the good old call compile format nonsense, but this time, it's really totally unnecessary! (sorry, I didn't look closer in the first place, hehe)

So instead of:

player sideChat format["%1", group cursorTarget],

try this:

player sideChat (group cursorTarget);

You might also need to first check if cursorTarget returns something useful or your script might easily fall apart...

And please, stop that call compile format nonsense. ;)

[buliwyf 4]

Doesn`t work:

[kylania 567]

Groups don't have "names", they have "groups".

It's working how it's intended. group <whatever> doesn't return a string, it returns a group. If you want the player to say "Hey, that's a group soandso!" then you need to use the setGroupID to read whatever you want the player to say.

What exactly are you trying to do with this anyway?

[rübe 127]

Oh, yeah, sure. sideChat expects a string, so that format["%1", (group cursorTarget)] is fine there. You get `O1-1-A`, but you expect to get `group_s11` as a result. Why? What exactly are you testing here?

As explained, group_s11 is not a name, but a variable which holds a pointer to that group. `group cursorTarget` will return exactly the same pointer to that group. And so far, there is no need for your global `group_s11` to exist at all.

Consider:

  _sameGroup = (group cursorTarget) == group_s11;

_sameGroup will be true, if the cursorTarget is indeed part of group_s11 (aslong that global exists and points to that group).

Does this help? :)

[buliwyf 4]

I have set a variable on the group. I named the group with group_s01=group this; in the leader init.

In a script i wrote group_s01 setVariable ["test",true]; and in another script i want to change the variable with group_s01 setVariable ["test",false];.

But in a dynamic way. my example with cursortarget etc. is only a test to get the variable name of the group.

:butbut:

[rübe 127]

I named the group with group_s01=group this; in the leader init.

No you did not. Instead you've created a new global variable called group_s01 which points to a group.

So instead of:

  group_s01 setVariable ["test",false];

you can write:

  private["_grp"];
  _grp = group cursorTarget;
  _grp setVariable ["test",false];

You create a private variable, get a pointer to the desired group with cursorTarget, do stuff with that group - referenced by _grp.. and then once that script dies, _grp get's thrown away... (while the group itself persists of course and you may always retrieve a pointer to that group again...)

Edited August 7, 2011 by ruebe

[buliwyf 4]

I`m so stupid... FPDR

I was completly fixed to the group_s01.. you are so right... :o

Thank you!

[kylania 567]

Here's a demo mission but I see you fixed it anyway.

[buliwyf 4]

Yes.. my fault was that i thought group_s01 is the name of the variable. But it is the object the variable is attached to... :o

But thanks for all your help... :dance1:

[2nd ranger 282]

Old thread, but is this possible? I mean getting the actual group name as defined in the editor? I can work around it with setVariable, but is there actually no way to get a string containing the group name?

[xxanimusxx 2]

Not unless there is some Reflection API or you attach the name of the variable in a setVariable to the specific group.

Like the others already said, the "name" you give your group in the editor is just a global variable containing a reference to that group.

And since it's a variable, there is no easy way to obtain the lvalue of any object (there was some command to set a vehiclevarname or something like that, maybe that's a try?).

For that to work you need to keep track of every global variable in the current namespace and manage the objects they're referring to (some lookup table).