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Newbie Joined: 12 May 2002 Posts: 0 Location: USA

Is there a way to force a variable to remain a certian number of digits, even if the first digit(s) are 0? I'm setting up a trigger to count down time left on spells based on initial text received from the mud, and display the countdown in the status window (as 3-digit numbers)

But I have 2 columns in the status window, and if one of the spells in the first column drops below 3 digits, it messes up the alignment in the second column.

Basically I'm looking for a way to force the variable to stay as 3 digits like:

101
100
099
098

I'm using an #ALARM'd #IF command currently to tick it down every 2 seconds.

#TRIGGER {(%w)(*): yes(*)(%w) time(*): (%d)} {#VARIABLE v%1TIME %6;#ALARM {-*:*2} {#IF (@v%1TIME > 0} {#ADD v%1TIME -1} {#VAR v%1TIME ---;#UNTRIGGER {-*:*2} {v%1CLASS})}} [v%1CLASS]

Alternatively, if someone knows how to make the status window 'think' there were 3 digits there, even if there was only 2 or 1, that would work as well.

Here's a sample of my status window:

%ansi( bold, green)CLAWS_______: %if( @vCLAWS="YES", %ansi( bold, green)YES, %ansi( bold, red) NO) %ansi( bold, yellow)@vCLAWSTIME %ansi( bold, green)DISEASE____: %if( @vDISEASE="YES", %ansi( bold, green)YES, %ansi( bold, red) NO) %ansi( bold, yellow)@vDISEASETIME

The "vCLAWS" and "vDISEASE" variables are set by a seperate trigger off the spell being cast/fading. The times are set using the script above.

Any help is greatly appreciated. ;)

-Brak

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

%format
I don't think you can get leading zeros with it, but it will give leading spaces which will preserve your alignment.
%format("&3.0f",@vCLAWSTIME)

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Newbie Joined: 12 May 2002 Posts: 0 Location: USA

COol, that works, I found an alternate way to do it by nesting like 6 if statements inside each other, but %format is a lot neater. ;) Thanks.

-Brak

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

quote:

COol, that works, I found an alternate way to do it by nesting like 6 if statements inside each other, but %format is a lot neater. ;) Thanks.

-Brak

If you want to add leading zeros, you can simply use something like this:

#alias Pad {#loop 1,%eval(@stringlength - %len(@%1)) {#variable TempVar %concat("0",@TempVar)}
#variable %1 %concat(@TempVar,"@%1)
#unvar TempVar
}

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