Bad index

ID:139603
 
Oct 31 2010, 6:01 pm
Code:
mob/verb/MakeVote()
    var/VQuestion=input("What do you want the question to be?") as null|text
    Questions += VQuestion
    var/amount = input("How many responses do you want there to be?") as null|num
    for(var/i = 1; i<amount; i++)
        var/list/Option
        Option += input("What do you want option number [i] to be?") as null|text
        Questions[VQuestion] = Option //This is the error line


Problem description: When I compile, it gives me no errors, but when I run it, it stops the proc after asking what they want option number [i] to be, for the first time. The error is bad index and it tells me the culprit is the appointed line. I've tried making it..
Questions["[VQuestion]"] = ...

But that just seems rather redundant and it didn't help. So I don't know what to do. Perhaps I'm making a newb mistake. I make a bunch of those without noticing it sometimes.. Sorry.

Oct 31 2010, 8:40 pm
You didn't initialize Questions as a list. You may have written var/list/Questions, but unless you explicitly initialize it as a list (with Questions = list()), it'll default to null, and null+text = text, not a list.
Nov 1 2010, 6:01 am
In response to Garthor
Oh, hehe.. I'm so smart. What's funny is I did it correctly elsewhere. Thanks!
Nov 1 2010, 10:10 am
In response to SHSPlyr03
Scratch that.. I still have the same error
Nov 1 2010, 12:27 pm
In response to SHSPlyr03
Then Questions is still null.

Completely random guess because you're giving me nothing to go on: you are loading the value from a savefile, but the value in that savefile happens to be null (or a text string), so changing how you initialize Questions will do nothing, as it'll just be overridden with an invalid value.
Nov 1 2010, 12:31 pm
It looks to me like you are trying to set the length of your list to a text string? Unless I'm reading wrong, Questions[] should have a number in place of the brackets, not your question. Considering your question is the last postion in your list, I suppose you could do Questions[Questions.len] = Option?

I am honestly puzzled at how you are sorting this, it seems your question and responses fall under a mass list of questions and responses... either way, this might be of help to you.
Nov 1 2010, 12:33 pm
In response to CauTi0N
I was trying to make it set the value of the list to a list, which is pretty convoluted and I don't even know if it works.. So..
Nov 1 2010, 2:35 pm
In response to SHSPlyr03
SHSPlyr03 wrote:
I was trying to make it set the value of the list to a list, which is pretty convoluted and I don't even know if it works.. So..

There's nothing wrong with putting a list in a list. The issue is, again, that you do not have a list in the first place.