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Beginner Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

First, here's what I am doing. I am messing around trying to set a curing order via a stringlist variable. We'll say HerbCures is the list name.

So I trigger the stuff to #ADDITEM herb HerbCures (or %additem sometimes). Anyway, there are some that I want to be at the TOP of this list. Is there a way to make it so I don't have to "code in" IF statements for %ismember type stuff? I would like certain herbs to automatically be placed higher on the pecking order in this as it will be a healing queue type thing. Right now I can only think of assigning each one a numbered prefix like 1_importantherb, 2_nextimportantherb and doing a %sort on it. The curing order will/should be mostly static for my needs.

With that then, my next question. Once I get it all specified in the order of precence I want, how do I access the string's first item and say #IF (Firstiteminlist=x) {y} {z} to make it ACT on it (assuming maybe an #EXEC???

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

To put it in the top:
#VAR HerbCures%push("Herb in front",@HerbCures)

You can data clean by using %ismember to see if it is in the queue or is already at position 1.
Depends if you want unique or multiples, you can also use #DELITEM if a successful cure of a type went through.

#alias cureOne {rub head with herbone}
#alias cureTwo {eat herbtwo}

#var HerbCures "One|Two"

cure%pop(HerbCures)

That'll probably work.

Other ways is to check to see if you have the objects necessary and make a list of commands (instead of herbs etc) to execute when you get balance. You can also add weights to the items for your string list.

Beginner Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 22

GURU Joined: 26 Jul 2001 Posts: 1958 Location: Canada

You should search the forums for "queue" or "queueing" as what you are doing is making a priority list of actions to automatically execute when you are in a ready (balanced) state.

Also look into the magnificant work by Larkin and others in the Achaea healing bots.