Database npcs and objects

[KuJi]

V------------------------------------------------------V
gang_Test.rank.leader.Boss.ChiefBoss= "Chief Underboss";
gang_Test.rank.leader.Boss.Underboss= "Underboss";
gang_Test.rank.leader.Boss= "Boss";
gang_Test.rank.leader.Boss.Tester= "Tester";
gang_Test.rank.leader.Boss.Player= "Player";
gang_Takzhe.rank.leader= "KuJi";

^------------------------------------------------------^
The above is in a database npc called Gang Control.

How would I be able to read that gang_Test.rank is an object and everything after it should be added to a object called gtest.

I've tried several things:
One of them would be:
gtest = new TStaticVar();
gtest = this.gang_Test.rank;

With still nothing working, and even after talking to a couple of friends that script I still can't solve it. If you know a way, please post it.

Thanks

[ApothiX]

Your variables seem a bit odd to me.

gang_Test.rank.leader.Boss= "Boss";

that one specifically. If you are setting it to a string, it probably should be deleting the object that it was and replacing it with only a string value.

Before you set these variables in the DB-NPC, did you do something like:

PHP Code:

this.gang_Test = new TStaticVar(); 


?

[Novo]

How about this?

PHP Code:

function onCreated()
  {
  temp.rank = createSubObject( gang_Test, "rank." );
  }

function createSubObject( obj, strPart )
  {
  temp.oobj = new TStaticVar();
  temp.vars = getObjKeys( obj, strPart );
  for ( temp.var: temp.vars )
    makevar( "temp.oobj."@ temp.var ) = makevar( "obj.rank."@ temp.var );
  return temp.oobj;
  }

public function getObjKeys( obj, strNeedle ) 
  { 
  if ( obj.type() != 2 )
    return getstringkeys( obj );

  temp.vars = obj.savevarstoarray( false ); 
  for ( temp.var: temp.vars ) 
    if ( temp.var.starts( strNeedle ) ) 
      temp.keys.add( temp.var.substring( strNeedle.length(), temp.var.pos("=") - strNeedle.length()) );

  return temp.keys;
  } 


[ApothiX]

Originally Posted by Novo

How about this?

PHP Code:

function onCreated()
  {
  temp.rank = createSubObject( gang_Test, "rank." );
  }

function createSubObject( obj, strPart )
  {
  temp.oobj = new TStaticVar();
  temp.vars = getObjKeys( obj, strPart );
  for ( temp.var: temp.vars )
    makevar( "temp.oobj."@ temp.var ) = makevar( "obj.rank."@ temp.var );
  return temp.oobj;
  }

public function getObjKeys( obj, strNeedle ) 
  { 
  if ( obj.type() != 2 )
    return getstringkeys( obj );

  temp.vars = obj.savevarstoarray( false ); 
  for ( temp.var: temp.vars ) 
    if ( temp.var.starts( strNeedle ) ) 
      temp.keys.add( temp.var.substring( strNeedle.length(), temp.var.pos("=") - strNeedle.length()) );

  return temp.keys;
  } 


w-hat? If you're going to use spaces in your style, atleast be consistant with it. But anyways:

If that 'getObjKeys' function is what I think it is, it's redundant. You can just use this.objectname.getvarnames() to return an array with the list of members in it.

[Novo]

Originally Posted by ApothiX

w-hat? If you're going to use spaces in your style, atleast be consistant with it. But anyways:

If that 'getObjKeys' function is what I think it is, it's redundant. You can just use this.objectname.getvarnames() to return an array with the list of members in it.

Hrm... I've experienced problems with getvarnames... I'm not sure what it was... Mayhaps it be the multiple "."'s in a variable? ( obj.var.subvar, obj.getVarNames() only returns obj.var ... )