Array issue - Why can I not select?!

[ryansoper 10]

I realise, I probably come across as a right knob, but I cannot for the life of me work out what I'm doing wrong.

I have an array, which contains the name of a load of markers:

_CSites =["CSite1", "CSite2", "CSite3", "CSite4", "CSite5", "CSite6", "CSite7", "CSite8", "CSite9", "CSite10"];

In order to test the selecting I have a the following:

_var = _CSites select 0;
hint format ["Pos:", _var];

So i'm expecting the hint in game to display "Pos: CSite1". However, all i see is "Pos: ".

What have I done?!

EDIT: Sigh, I am a knob, I hadn't formatted the hint correctly...

Edited April 6, 2015 by RyanSoper

[dimon 32]

I realise, I probably come across as a right knob, but I cannot for the life of me work out what I'm doing wrong.

I have an array, which contains the name of a load of markers:

_CSites =["CSite1", "CSite2", "CSite3", "CSite4", "CSite5", "CSite6", "CSite7", "CSite8", "CSite9", "CSite10"];

In order to test the selecting I have a the following:

_var = _CSites select 0;
hint format ["Pos:", _var];

So i'm expecting the hint in game to display "Pos: CSite1". However, all i see is "Pos: ".

What have I done?!

EDIT: Sigh, I am a knob, I hadn't formatted the hint correctly...

_var = _CSites select 0;
hint format ["Pos: %1", _var];

[zonekiller 175]

An easier way is

_string = "pos : " + _var;

hint _string;

[Balthorius 10]

An easier way is

_string = "pos : " + _var;

hint _string;

This should only be korrect if _var is a String.

Having another type of variable one should use:

_string = "Pos: " + str(_var); or the former mentioned _string = format ["Pos: %1", _var]; (which for me seems to be the best way in most cases)