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Anrok
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Joined: 19 Nov 2010
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 Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:02 pm
changing dbvar key using a line number?
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Hey again guys! say i have 3 values in a dbvar called @test={test1=1|test1=2|test1=4} and i want to change any one of them without using their name, can i do it ? I know i can use:
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| #loopdb @test {#addkey test %key (%key+1)} |
But if i want to make a timer that goes off every second, do i really want to spam my CMUD with #loopdb every second ?
Isnt there an easy way to do this ?
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shalimar
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Joined: 04 Aug 2002
Posts: 4691
Location: Pensacola, FL, USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:12 pm
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I'm not sure how it can differentiate between three keys with the same name.
It is possible to reference a given key=value pair by its position in the list, but it still needs a unique key.
$thisKey=%item(3, @dbvar)
#ADDKEY dbvar {$thisKey=newValue} |
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Anrok
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:20 pm
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That's not good news : ( i guess i'll have to code around this.
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Rahab
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Joined: 22 Mar 2007
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 2:20 am
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You can actually do it, with difficulty, with %addkey(). You'd have to refer to the position in the list, though.
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Tech
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Joined: 18 Oct 2000
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Location: Atlanta, USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:23 pm
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Why do you have 3 keys of the same name? It goes against one of the major design prinicipals of db variables.
If you need to have several different values associated with one key name, might I suggest storing a string list of values under the single key in the db variable. |
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