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Anrok
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 Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:28 pm
Replacing multiple items in a stringlist
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Hey again guys, what if i have a number of items in a stringlist with different names and i want to replace it all to the same name, what's the fastest way to do it ?
@stringlist=playerone|playertwo|playerthree|playerfour (etc) (not always ordered) and i want to end up with another stringlist which will have duplicated the word player (without one two three and four etc)
Something like (which doesnt work as replace doesnt accept more than 1 word to replace):
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#loop %numitems(@stringlist) {#show %additem(%replace(@stringlist,one&two&three&four,""))} |
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Rahab
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:30 pm
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I would loop through the entire list, creating a new list with the modified value as I go. Then if I need to save it in the original variable, I would simply set that variable to the new value. Note that if you do this, you will need to use %additem() rather than #additem, because #additem will remove duplicates as you create it.
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Anrok
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 8:57 pm
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Hmm, if i have a variable test=playerone, can i make CMUD separate letters from inside that variable and put "player" and "one" inside two different variables ?
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Rahab
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:20 pm
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Try %match() or %regex()
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MattLofton
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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:56 pm
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IF you happen know all of the terms you would like to sift out, you can use a #FORALL loop on those terms and replace them in turn.
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$terms = "blah|blah|blah"
#forall $terms {
#if (%pos(%i,@stringlist) {
#call %replace(%ref(stringlist),%i,"")
}
} |
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Anrok
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:06 am
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Looks pretty smart Matt! Copy pasted and made a @stringlist list with values i wanted to change and it doesnt work. ERROR: Syntax error in Alias: test : unmatched parenthesis.
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Anrok
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:31 am
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On a similar note, could someone please tell me about #loops within a #loop and how do i differentiate between different loop %{i}'s.
For example with this loop here:
@stringlist database:dog=2|cat=3|ferret=1
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| #loop %numitems(@stringlist) {#loop @stringlist.%i {tell %{i}.%dbkey(@stringlist,%i) hello}} |
What i want these loops to do is tell 1.dog hello, tell 2.dog tello, tell 1.cat hello tell 2.cat hello tell 3.cat hello tell 1.ferret hello. However, the %{i} within the second loop seems to belong to the first loop.
What it does is: tell 1.dog hello twice, telling 2.cat hello thrice and telling 3.ferret hello once. |
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Anrok
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:43 am
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found it, its %(j) for the inner loop :)
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Rahab
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Joined: 22 Mar 2007
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:44 am
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One of the easiest errors to make is insufficient parentheses in an #IF condition. I do it all the time! Here's a corrected version of Matt's script:
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$terms = "blah|blah|blah"
#forall $terms {
#if (%pos(%i,@stringlist)) {
#call %replace(%ref(stringlist),%i,"")
}
} |
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Anrok
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:30 am
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Thanks Matt, great script! And thanks Rehab for pointing me towards %match which turned out to be a great function.
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