Points Value [Solved by Port]

[jes00]

How do I get the value of points from the player list GUI for a specified name?

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[Danny Boy]

Nevermind, for some reason that only worked for the first player on the player list. :/

[Port]

getField( NPL_List.getRowText( index ), 2 )

[jes00]

getField( NPL_List.getRowText( index ), 2 )

This only gives me the value of the first player's score.

Code: [Select]

%points = getField(NPL_List.getRowText(%name), 2);


[Nitramtj]

This only gives me the value of the first player's score.

Code: [Select]

%points = getField(NPL_List.getRowText(%name), 2);


"index" is a number from 0 - (playerCount - 1), not a name.

[Port]

This only gives me the value of the first player's score.

Yes, you forgot to change index.

"index" is a number from 0 - (playerCount - 1), not a name.

[jes00]

Yes, you forgot to change index.

No, I changed it to %name.

"index" is a number from 0 - (playerCount - 1), not a name.

Then how can I have it search for a string instead?

[Port]

Code: [Select]

function getPlayerScore( %name )
{
     %count = NPL_List.rowCount();
     
     for ( %i = 0 ; %i < %count ; %i++ )
     {
          %row = NPL_List.getRowText( %i );
         
          if ( getField( %row, 1 ) $= %name )
          {
               return getField( %row, 2 );
          }
     }
     
     return 0;
}


[jes00]

Code: [Select]

function getPlayerScore( %name )
{
     %count = NPL_List.rowCount();
    
     for ( %i = 0 ; %i < %count ; %i++ )
     {
          %row = NPL_List.getRowText( %i );
          
          if ( getField( %row, 1 ) $= %name )
          {
               return getField( %row, 2 );
          }
     }
    
     return 0;
}


Thanks Port!

EDIT: What are the returns for?

[Port]

EDIT: What are the returns for?

They return the value found..?

[jes00]

They return the value found..?

): I still don't understand returns.

[Port]

They end the function (stops any code below the statement from running) and give back a value.
For example, if you did echo( getPlayerScore( "some name" ) ); - the value that would be echoed is the value that was specified in the return statement.

[Slicksilver]

I'll elaborate with an example.

Code: [Select]

$GrannyWasRaped=1;
function wasGrannyRaped()
{
      if($GrannyWasRaped == 1)
      {
            return "Yes!";
      }
      else
      {
            return "Nope!";
      }
}
function tellMeIfGrannyWasRaped()
{
      echo(wasGrannyRaped());
}
Here you can see that it will echo "Yes!" if $GrannyWasRaped is set to 1, or "Nope!" if it is set to 0.

EDIT: I should also mention the function stops running when it sees a return. This is useful for escaping from bigger functions or loops when you've gotten all the data you need, rather than waiting it out (as in Port's code)