Zugg Software :: View topic - Trigger to match data record and return index

Newbie Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 4

This seems like it is do-able, I just can't figure it out. I create a variable and make it a data record. I set the record up to have 2 columns, one column for a description of a mob, and a column for the corresponding mobs keyword. The array looks something like this (note that the labels A and B are not part of the record just there for discriptional purposes:

A ============================ B
A suspicious looking man is standing here. |drug
A singing, happy Drunk. |drunk
A grubby beggar sits here in the filth. |beggar
A young Street punk is loitering here. |punk

What I want to do is create a trigger that will be set off if it sees anything in column A of the spreadsheet, and return to kill the corresponding keyword from column B.

So if I walk into a room:

A suspicious looking man is standing here.

The trigger returns:

kill drug

Please help.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

*smirk chuckle*

My other post in response to your question was providing the way to have maximum expandability with a decrease in user handling and overhead storage, but increased processing cost. This way is simpler, but has prices in speed as the record grows and of course requires you to locate and store the data yourself.

#TRIGGER {^({@MobShortDescs})$} {kill %db(@MobShortDescs,"%1")}

Newbie Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Posts: 4

Hehe, its my fault I can never really describe exactly what I need with these forums. This works out the problem completely, thanks for the help!