Zugg Software :: View topic - Is there a way to create d-quote (") chars in final set

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

First off, this works as-is.

I would like to quote the variable value in the assignment line in the final setting just for anality's sake. Twisted Evil

Is there a way to do it? I've tried everything I can think of to retain double quote chars through two levels of evaluation/expansion, but I'm having no luck. Oh, the reason for this code is to create a new menu item by selecting 'ADD Container' from the button menu it resides in.

First the alias. It works but could probably be shortened by combining some of the elements.

#ALIAS create_new_menu_item {#PROMPT New_Container "What container do you want to add?";#WHILE (@New_Container = "") {};#IF (@New_Container != "") {#VAR New_Container %concat( "#MENU", " ", ~{, ~", @New_Container, ~", ~}, " ", ~{, "Practice_Status=", ~", "NO", ~", ~;, "#IF", " ", ~(, ~", ~@, "dummyToggle", ~", " = 1", ~), " {Start_Container=", ~", @New_Container, ~", ~;, "GEN:Materials_Container=", ~", @New_Container, ~", ~}, " ", ~{, "#IF", " ", ~(, ~", ~@, "dummyToggle", ~", " = 2", ~), " ", ~{, "Current_Container=", ~", @New_Container, ~", ~;, "GEN:Forge_Container=", ~", @New_Container, ~", ~}, " ", ~{, ~}, ~}, ~}, " ", ~", "Containers_Menu", ~", " ", ~", ~");#EXEC @New_Container;GEN:} {#VAR New_Container ""}}

>New_Container="dirty cloth sack";create_new_menu_item

Creates the following variable:

#VAR New_Container {#MENU {"dirty cloth sack"} {Practice_Status="NO";#IF ("@dummyToggle" = 1) {Start_Container="dirty cloth sack";GEN:Materials_Container="dirty cloth sack"} {#IF ("@dummyToggle" = 2) {Current_Container="dirty cloth sack";GEN:Forge_Container="dirty cloth sack"} {}}} "Containers_Menu" ""} {}

#EXEC @New_Container creates this menu item:

#MENU {dirty cloth sack} {
    Practice_Status=NO
        #IF (@dummyToggle = 1) {
            Start_Container=dirty cloth sack
            GEN:Materials_Container=dirty cloth sack
            } {
            #IF (@dummyToggle = 2) {
                Current_Container=dirty cloth sack
                GEN:Forge_Container=dirty cloth sack
                } {}
            }
        } ""

What I'd like to see is this:

#MENU {"dirty cloth sack"} {
    Practice_Status="NO"
        #IF (@dummyToggle = 1) {
            Start_Container="dirty cloth sack"
            GEN:Materials_Container="dirty cloth sack"
            } {
            #IF (@dummyToggle = 2) {
                Current_Container="dirty cloth sack"
                GEN:Forge_Container="dirty cloth sack"
                } {}
            }
        } ""

Is this possible? If so, how?

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

Try using %char(34) in place of the ". I didn't test with your full-blown script, but I did test it in a single variable as follows:

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

I tried several variations using %char(34). I didn't have any luck, but thanks for the suggestion! Wink

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

So, I'm playing around with the #MENU command (never had before), and used your script (not the one generated by the alias, but what you said you want it to create).... What I notice is that even though the quotes are stripped in the speed menu, they're present in the Settings! Based on this, my guess is that even if you can maintain the double-quotes through several parses, I don't think it would accomplish what you ultimately want.

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

Post what you ended up with? I don't care about quotes showing when viewing the menu items.

I can't get quotes to show up in the final menu setting. They show up in the variable before the #EXEC command, but once the menu item is created, no quotes.

I'm interested in how you did it.

Note: The #MENU command seems to be very busy. Once I get more than about five items in a menu button, the window refreshes (flickers) are really annoying. Have you noticed flickering at all? I'm thinking of adding that to the bug tracker.

If I didn't have the button in a window that is hidden until needed, it would be near unsuable with all that flicker.

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

I copied and pasted into the command:

Wizard Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1269

You could also try %literal("). No idea if it works though.