I need an answer about Input() and lists

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Mar 5 2002, 11:23 am
alrighty, If i have-
for(var/mob/M)
people.len ++
people += M
var/who = input("Who will you choose?", "Who") in people

shouldn't this list every mob in the game and let you choose one? When I do it, it automatically (no input popup) selects the user.
Mar 5 2002, 11:39 am
do you mean somthing like this:
mob
verb
Who(M as mob in world)
usr << "Name: [M]"

??????

if not when i get home ill try some other ways and post them.
- RaeKwon
Mar 5 2002, 12:21 pm
You could just pass what you want into the argument of the verb:

mob/verb/blah(mob/M as mob in world)//this will prompt you to select someone in the world if you're the only one in the game it will select you
    usr << "You picked [M]! Don't you feel happy?
Mar 5 2002, 12:29 pm
In response to RaeKwon
Actually, no he doesn't. mob/M defines M as a mob as where M just defines a var, so he could not do anything with mob vars, within that verb.

-Rcet
Mar 5 2002, 1:02 pm
You also don't need to incriment the length of the list, that is done automatically when you add things to it.
Mar 5 2002, 1:09 pm
In response to Rcet
No, who(mob in world), wouldn't work. it isn't a verb. it's more like this-

Hub()
var/action = input("What do you want to do?", "Huh?") in list("Who?", "What?", "Why?", "Where?")
if(action == "Who?")
action = input("Who?", "Huh?") in list //this is where I would need a list of the people...

You see, the way you suggest it wouldn't work, since the verb does multiple things.

Mar 5 2002, 2:24 pm
In response to Airson
guess what? It works fine like i had it...