Zugg Software :: View topic - help, how do I create a loop that will work correctly from a status window

Apprentice Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 154

the code in my status window is enormous, I do however have my variable setup in a way that I could easily make the code 1/18 its size if I could figure out how to loop within a status window.... I dont need help rewriting my code, I just need to see an example of how to make a loop that will work from within a Status Window.

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

You can only use functions there, and there are no functions which perform looping.

Are you sure you won't consider help to rewrite it?

Apprentice Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 154

hmmm does this mean I would need to perform loop operations prior to the status window and rebuild the status window as I need to?

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

That may be one way to do it, but your code is complicated enough that I can't make out exactly what you're doing in a cursory look.

Apprentice Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 154

I have a datarecord that can have anywhere between 1 and 18 keys. I am then displaying the keys with their values if they are not nil. Also the value for every key is a string list.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:33 pm

%exec

Apprentice Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 154

thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, exactly what I was looking for.

Apprentice Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 154

You wouldnt happen to know how to make use of %exec without that seperator "|" showing up?

Wizard Joined: 11 Jul 2002 Posts: 1265 Location: USA

Why not create a function that fills a variable with the text you need to display in the status window? Place the variable in the status window and call the function whenever you update the mob_cp variable?

As for the "|" you could use the %subchar function... Though I suggest the above solution instead.