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Posted 25 January 2015 - 06:43 PM
hello. i am running some code that requests the raw name of an item. when the raw name is returned it is given as a string as such item.name but i need to be able to read it as a string "item.name" is there any way to add quotes to a strings return value that is given automaticly
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Posted 25 January 2015 - 06:44 PM
local function inQuotes( text )
return '"' .. text .. '"'
end
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Posted 25 January 2015 - 06:52 PM
i was thinking something along the same lines i just could not figure out how to get it to treat the quotes as not a string item. thank you very much
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Posted 26 January 2015 - 01:58 PM
To explain further. Both ' and " are valid string identifiers, however when one is used to start a string, the other is "ignored" and when used, will not terminate the string.
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Posted 26 January 2015 - 08:23 PM
instead of mixing "text" and 'text' (and [[text]] (yes that also is a string xD)) you can also do something like this:
myString = "\"a string surounded by quotes\""
\" will prevent lua from thinking the " is marking the end of the last string and just adds in an actual " to it :P/>
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Posted 27 January 2015 - 03:45 AM
both great awnsers used the first one perfictly have another minor question as well been snooping around the tutorials and forums but cant seem to find a difinitive awnser is it possable to do something like
function name1()
screen=1
end
function name2()
screen=2
end
------------------------------
screen=1
while true do
"name" ..screen .."()"
end
im using a button control that wil set it after a get click action for the value of screen
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Posted 27 January 2015 - 04:04 AM
If I wanted to do something along those lines, I'd use a table:
local screen = 1
local name = {
function()
screen = 2
end,
function()
screen = 1
end}
while true do
name[screen]()
end
… though I suspect you'd be better off just doing:
local screen = 1
local function name()
if screen == 1 then
screen = 2
else
screen = 1
end
end
while true do
name()
end
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Posted 27 January 2015 - 04:06 AM
i think the first will do my purposes better becouse i want it to change info screens while my program is running after the inital click so it will be something that is repeated alot so i didnt want alot of if statements in the mix.