Order of Value in Clientr. Vars

[TheStan]

Well, this is imposing an extreme irritation on me. Very recently, I've been coding an inventory for a small server project.

Most of the item data is help in vars something like:

clientr.mud.item<id>=information


The problem here is that if the ids get over 9 for example and go to maybe 10 and 11, the list will go as so...

clientr.mud.item1=foo
clientr.mud.item10=bar
clientr.mud.item11=baz
clientr.mud.item2=foobar

This needs to be addressed as it's something quite silly.

[cbk1994]

Why does it matter? Do you really need to edit these in RC?

[Tigairius]

yeah, I can see how it is silly and can be irritating, but it's no big deal.

[Twinny]

Originally Posted by TheStan

Well, this is imposing an extreme irritation on me. Very recently, I've been coding an inventory for a small server project.

Most of the item data is help in vars something like:

clientr.mud.item<id>=information


The problem here is that if the ids get over 9 for example and go to maybe 10 and 11, the list will go as so...

clientr.mud.item1=foo
clientr.mud.item10=bar
clientr.mud.item11=baz
clientr.mud.item2=foobar

This needs to be addressed as it's something quite silly.

This is like.....so common. Windows folders do it. Linux CLI does it. I fail to see how it is, "silly" and why it should be addressed.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by Twinny

This is like.....so common. Windows folders do it. Linux CLI does it. I fail to see how it is, "silly" and why it should be addressed.

Agreed.

[cbk1994]

Also, if you think about it ... it's just alphabetizing. There really is no other way to do it.

[Chompy]

Well, you could get the numbers, then make a function to reorder them ;o
(Page based inventory, yes? :] )

[TheStan]

Originally Posted by Chompy

Well, you could get the numbers, then make a function to reorder them ;o
(Page based inventory, yes? :] )

I kind of went serverside and got the info directly from the Mud objects instead.
And yes it is. :o

Originally Posted by Twinny

This is like.....so common. Windows folders do it. Linux CLI does it. I fail to see how it is, "silly" and why it should be addressed.

All I'm saying is, if you wanted to get the proper numbered order 1 - 12 (Especially using getstringkeys() and a for() loop like I was doing) it is a bit irritating.

[DustyPorViva]

It's ordered alphabetically. There's really no way to change it to order numbers correctly. I mean... there probably is, but it's not really worth it.

[DrakilorP2P]

There's a bunch of methods you can use to iterate through them correctly.

[DustyPorViva]

Probably, but considering most strings are alphanumerical, I think it's simpler just to keep it alphabetically ordered. Not to mention RC isn't going to be updated ANY.

[zokemon]

Then don't use clientr. variables for inventory systems!

By the way, you could always sort(), loadvarsfromarray(), etc.

[TheStan]

Originally Posted by zokemon

Then don't use clientr. variables for inventory systems!

By the way, you could always sort(), loadvarsfromarray(), etc.

Point well taken, from Drakilor as well...and on a side note, you're still here Zero? I thought you were long gone! Lol.

[Twinny]

Originally Posted by zokemon

Then don't use clientr. variables for inventory systems!

I totally missed that major failing point!

[zokemon]

Originally Posted by TheStan

and on a side note, you're still here Zero? I thought you were long gone! Lol.

I'll never be able to leave Graal. In fact, I never will be posting a good bye thread that relates to Graal as a whole.

The way I see it, none of the changes that happen to the game really have an effect on me that much as I never really played Graal except for the first 4 months that I started (back in 99/2000 ish). I just was gone for a while because I was living at my ex-girlfriend's house for about a month.