Dynamic Initial

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Aug 6 2015, 7:32 am
(See the best response by Ss4toby.)
Is there a way to dynamically obtain the initial value of a variable? For example, it is possible to dynamically look up the value of a variable using the vars list. It seems like there is no way to do that with initial() at the moment, but maybe I'm missing something.
Aug 6 2015, 8:32 am
Best response
If you're talking about get the initial value of a variable, you can do so with the proc initial (although how it works doesn't seem to fit the rest of DM syntax, at least not to me).

src << "Your hp was [initial(hp}] when you logged in."


You can even do something like this:

var/selectVar = input("Which var?") in vars
src << "[selectVar]'s initial value was [initial(vars[selectVar])] but has now changed to [vars[selectVar]]."
Aug 8 2015, 8:33 am
The first thing was not what I was looking for, since I'm specifically asking about dynamic initial. The second thing is though, thanks.