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alluran
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 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:20 pm
Loops reversing when triggered from events
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I have an alias, qf, that does a mapquery and then outputs the results in a numbered list.
Problem is, if i call this alias from an event, the order of the list is reversed...
using a #loop 1,3 {#mxp %i} as a simplified example |
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alluran
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:25 pm
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a fix for it was to do #alarm {+0.001} {qf}, but still, it's starting to defeat the purpose when you have to make events write alarms for their actions to perform correctly
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Fang Xianfu
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:43 pm
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Interestingly, this isn't universal. I did this test:
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#event test {#loop 1,3 {#say lol %i}
#loop 1,3 {#mxp lol %i}
#loop 1,3 {#mxp %i}}
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which output
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lol 1
lol 2
lol 3
lol 3
lol 2
lol 1 |
Using an alias instead gave the expected result
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lol 1
lol 2
lol 3
lol 1
lol 2
lol 3
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Definitely some sort of bug here. However, read the help file for #MXP alluran - the command takes two parameters, the first one of which is optional and a number. In the third test case in the alias, CMUD (correctly) thinks that there is no text parameter. Make sure that's what you want to happen. |
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alluran
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:46 pm
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The #mxp %i was just an example, i didn't actually test that, the mxp string is rather more complex, it was more just pointing out the method i was using to show data was #mxp incase that was somehow interfering with the loops too.
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Zugg
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:22 pm
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The #MXP command is more for internal testing purposes. Try using the #SHOW command instead. The #SHOW command forces the line to be processed immediately rather than just adding it to the text queue like #SAY does. And yes, the first argument of #MXP is the mode. So you should be using:
#MXP {lol %i}
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#MXP {%i}
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alluran
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:03 pm
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When i get up to re-writing that package (i decided my initial structure decisions weren't optimum) i'll copy past the entire line. I was using mxp to output a piece of clickable text... and it worked fine as a pure alias.
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