Having a DataBlock inherit the properties of another DataBlock using variables

[The Russian]

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for(%a = 0; %a < 100; %a++)
{
if(!isObject(%vehicleDataBlock[%a]))
{
datablock WheeledVehicleData(VPEditedVehicle : %vehicleDataBlock)
{
//filler until I'm ready to fill this space so I don't get an error
category = "Vehicles";
displayName = " ";

shapeFile   = "./carpet.dts";  //.dts File
emap        = true;
mass        = 200;
drag        = 1.7;
density     = 4;
};
VPEditedVehicle.setName(%vehicleDataBlock[%a]);

return;
}
}
So I'm trying to tell this datablock to inherit the properties of a datablock whose name is stored in the variable "%vehicleDataBlock" but it doesn't seem to like variables  there. I had the same problem with the name of the datablock as well but I got around that by putting

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VPEditedVehicle.setName(%vehicleDataBlock[a]);after I created it. Unfortunately there is no such thing as "setInheritedDataBlock();"

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[Subpixel]

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eval("datablock WheeledVehicleData(VPEditedVehicle : " @ %vehicleDataBlock @ ") { ... }; ");
replace ... with contents

[The Russian]

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eval("datablock WheeledVehicleData(VPEditedVehicle : " @ %vehicleDataBlock @ ") { ... }; ");
replace ... with contents

Wow, that was so simple. How did I not think of that?
Thanks!

[Greek2me]

Wow, that was so simple. How did I not think of that?
Thanks!

I would recommend doing this:

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%oldName = %vehicleDataBlock.getName();
%vehicleDataBlock.setName("VPInheritVehicle");

datablock WheeledVehicleData(VPEditedVehicle : VPInheritVehicle)
{
//stuff
};

%vehicleDataBlock.setName(%oldName);

[The Russian]

I would recommend doing this:

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%oldName = %vehicleDataBlock.getName();
%vehicleDataBlock.setName("VPInheritVehicle");

datablock WheeledVehicleData(VPEditedVehicle : VPInheritVehicle)
{
//stuff
};

%vehicleDataBlock.setName(%oldName);

Ooh that does look better. Thank you guys!

[Pah1023]

Or I believe you can even do this, may be wrong.

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datablock WheeledVehicleData(VPEditedVehicle : (%name))
{
//stuff
}


[Greek2me]

Or I believe you can even do this, may be wrong.

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datablock WheeledVehicleData(VPEditedVehicle : (%name))
{
//stuff
}


Can you really? This syntax is a joke sometimes.

[otto-san]

Can you really? This syntax is a joke sometimes.

i honestly wouldn't be surprised if you could

pretty much everything can be handled as a bloody string in this language

[Pah1023]

Can you really? This syntax is a joke sometimes.

Actually I don't think so, just tried it and it didn't work.
I could've sworn I used it like that before, or something similar, my mistake.

[Lugnut]

i honestly wouldn't be surprised if you could

pretty much everything can be handled as a bloody string in this language

anything short of actual numbers being added togeth oh wait even they can

[Swollow]

anything short of actual numbers being added togeth oh wait even they can

[The Russian]

I'm dying of laughter.

[Port]

$o = new ScriptObject();
echo($o);
echo(($o) @ "foo".getID());

$_[" a"] = 0;
export("$_*", "config/temp.cs");
exec("config/temp.cs");

%foo = "bar"; eval("echo(%foo);");

$Foo = 0;
echo(foo SPC "foo");

function a() { if (0) return; %a = "foo"; }
echo(a());

return %a = %b = %c;