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darmir
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Joined: 10 Oct 2000
Posts: 706
Location: USA
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 Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:35 pm
Local Variable with Prompt [version 3.29b]
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I posted this in the general forum, but I believe this belongs here. I am reposting.
I looked at the documentation and it doesn't say you can't use a local variable with the prompt command. Should we be able to? I really don't want to have a global variable used because I am going to throw it away when I'm done.
Example:
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#MENU 10 Add Character{#PR Name "Enter the name of the character";
#addkey friends @Name %selected} Identify
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I would like to be able to do this:
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#MENU 10 Add Character{#local $Name; #PR $Name "Enter the name of the character";
#addkey friends $Name %selected} Identify
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Zugg
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Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:41 pm
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You can only use a local variable within a SINGLE LINE on the command line. So you need to use the ; character to put multiple commands together on a single line.
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darmir
Sorcerer
Joined: 10 Oct 2000
Posts: 706
Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:25 pm
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| Zugg wrote: |
| You can only use a local variable within a SINGLE LINE on the command line. So you need to use the ; character to put multiple commands together on a single line. |
I did put semi-colons to show they are separated. Here is the code exported in XML. When I high-light the text and select 'Add Character' the prompt doesn't show up.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<cmud>
<menu priority="20">
<caption>Add Character</caption>
<value>#local $Name
#pr $Name "Enter the name of the character:"
#addkey friends $Name %selected</value>
</menu>
</cmud>
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Zugg
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Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:16 pm
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The problem is that the #PROMPT command does not support local variables. #PROMPT takes a variable *name* as the first argument, so it is looking in the $Name location variable for the name of the variable and not finding one, so the command aborts.
For using local variables, use the %prompt function:
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| $name = %prompt("Enter the name of the character") |
and then it should work.
Sorry I misunderstood your original question. I thought you were talking about using local variables on the command line. Silly me. |
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