specific adding in a text file

[Chompy]

well, as the title says, I'm trying to change something inside a text file (.arc)

my arc files are like this:

arcnames=
folders=
amount=
account=

Now, all the weapons of the player is stored inside this arc file, into arcnames.
I usually have to do it manually, but, I haven't found a method to edit one member of the file, I made a thread about this, but didn't get what I really wanted (I got confused, in a other way), I got told I could use obj.add();
but how do I use it with loadvars and savelines and such?

I just want to add a string to arcnames, without rewriting the whole script with savelines.. so..

any thoughts?

[contiga]

PHP Code:

public function addArc( arcname) {
  obj = new TStaticVar();
  obj.loadVars( "bladiebla/blabla/file.arc");
  obj.arcnames.add( arcname); // mess a bitwith this ofcourse
  obj.account = player.account;
  obj.saveVars( "bladiebla/blabla/file.arc", 0);
} 


Then make sure the player is joined to this, so put it in a joined class or so..
And do player.addArc( arcname); (eventually add an ammount param)

[Chompy]

Originally Posted by contiga

PHP Code:

public function addArc( arcname) {
  obj = new TStaticVar();
  obj.loadVars( "bladiebla/blabla/file.arc");
  obj.arcnames.add( arcname); // mess a bitwith this ofcourse
  obj.account = player.account;
  obj.saveVars( "bladiebla/blabla/file.arc", 0);
} 


Then make sure the player is joined to this, so put it in a joined class or so..
And do player.addArc( arcname); (eventually add an ammount param)

Thanks, I'll try this

[Admins]

Yes right now you have to read and write the whole file if you want to change something in the file. If you just want to append a line then you can use 1 instead of 0 for the second parameter to savelines/savevars/savestring

[Chompy]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Yes right now you have to read and write the whole file if you want to change something in the file. If you just want to append a line then you can use 1 instead of 0 for the second parameter to savelines/savevars/savestring

hmm, was 0 overwrite, or was 1 that?


btw, obj.remove(obj2) do that also work? (Removing of items )

[contiga]

Originally Posted by Chompy

hmm, was 0 overwrite, or was 1 that?


btw, obj.remove(obj2) do that also work? (Removing of items )

0 = overwrite
1 = create (a) new line(s) (simply a copy of the old stuff, + some added stuff (in this case))
_

obj.remove( obj2) would work, just don't fill in an index number for obj2, but the actual text to remove, and it will search for it's position in the string, and remove it.

[Chompy]

Originally Posted by contiga

0 = overwrite
1 = create (a) new line(s) (simply a copy of the old stuff, + some added stuff (in this case))
_

obj.remove( obj2) would work, just don't fill in an index number for obj2, but the actual text to remove, and it will search for it's position in the string, and remove it.

Hmm, ok

One last question: can I set a member directly? Since when I load a member
by using obj.loadvars() it appears as an array, like if I did echo( arcnames[ 0]) it would return the first member, so.. Can I set it directly?

PHP Code:

object.arcnames[ 0] = "foo"; 


This is for the ammount stuff, to change an current ammount of an arc

[contiga]

Originally Posted by Chompy

Hmm, ok

One last question: can I set a member directly? Since when I load a member
by using obj.loadvars() it appears as an array, like if I did echo( arcnames[ 0]) it would return the first member, so.. Can I set it directly?

PHP Code:

object.arcnames[ 0] = "foo"; 


This is for the ammount stuff, to change an current ammount of an arc

You could make a function for it.. player.changeArc( arc, positive or negative ammount);

and then:

PHP Code:

public function changeArc( arc, mod) {
  obj = new TStaticVar();
  obj.loadVars( "bladiebla/blabla/file.arc");
  temp.a_index = obj.arcnames.index( arc);
  temp.a_current = obj[ temp.a_index].ammounts;
  temp.a_new = ( mod.substring( 0, 1) == "-") ? temp.a_current - mod.substring( 1) : temp.a_current + mod;
  obj[ temp.a_index].ammounts = temp.a_new;
  obj.saveVars( "bladiebla/blabla/file.arc", 0);
} 


Oh and add 'sendToRC( "/refreshfilelist");' after every function by the way, so it updates the file browser also.