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Sep 26 2009, 10:19 am
So I was wondering how to have verbs in a list, as in the verb has a name, and in the list they see the name of the verb, and when they click it, it calls the verb:

mob
    verb
        use()
            for(var/obj/things/t in world)
                var/list/p_options = new
                p_options.Add(t.options, "cancel")
                input("Select an option from [t]") in p_options         
obj
    things
        var/list/options = new
        var/the_name_of_this_verb
        New()
            ..()
            for(var/a in verbs)
                options += (a:the_name_of_this_verb) //How would I have the name of the verb pop up here, and yet\
                    if I was to use it, have it call the actual verb?
        thing1
            verb
                pwn()
                    the_name_of_this_verb = "attack"
                    world<<"pwned!"
                uberpwned()
                    the_name_of_this_verb = "super attack"
                    world<<"wut?"           
        thing2
            verb
                suck()
                    the_name_of_this_verb = "stink"
                    world<<"nub."
                really_suck()
                    the_name_of_this_verb = "loser"
                    world<<"lol."
Sep 26 2009, 11:33 am
The hascall and call procs, I think, are what you're looking for.

EDIT
Don't use the colon! >:O
Sep 26 2009, 11:56 am
In response to Spunky_Girl
Spunky_Girl wrote:
The hascall and call procs, I think, are what you're looking for.

Thanks, I'll look into those as soon as I finish another aspect of my game I've been working on since I didn't know of these procs prior :)

EDIT
Don't use the colon! >:O

;) I know.
Sep 26 2009, 12:03 pm
Speedro wrote:
and in the list they see the name of the verb, and when they click it, it calls the verb

To dynamically call a procedure (proc or verb, the two are really basically one and the same), use the call()() proc. You need either its procedure path or name and object (in this case you get the path from the verbs list), look up 'call' for more info.
To read the name of a procedure from its node path, you can use an undocumented technique to do just that outlined here: [link] (beginning at the text above the 3rd code box). What you do is just read the name var from a var containing the path using the . or : operators, just as if you were doing it with an actual object - even though you're not and reading a path's vars makes no sense. Procedure paths (e.g. /mob/proc/Die) are special and different from normal type paths (e.g. /mob/player), so they're an exception and it works with them.
Sep 26 2009, 2:56 pm
In response to Kaioken
I really have no idea what I'm doing. :/

obj
    thing
        proc
            this()
                set name = "THIS"
                //do stuff
                
            that()
                set name = "THAT"
                //do stuff
mob
    verb
        use_thing()
            var/list/templist = new
            var/list/options = new
            for(var/obj/thing/t in world)
                templist += t
            for(var/verb/a in templist)
                options += a
            var/proc/question = input("Select an option") in options:name
            call(question)
Sep 26 2009, 3:08 pm
In response to Speedro
 
mob/proc/testProc()
    world<<"Test successful!"

mob/verb/Verby()
    var/list/L = list("testProc")
    var/whatever = input(src,"","") as null|anything in L
    if(whatever)
        if(hascall(src,whatever))
            call(src,whatever)
Sep 26 2009, 4:05 pm
In response to Speedro
Speedro wrote:
I really have no idea what I'm doing. :/

That is a correct observation. Nowhere in that code are you doing anything with verb paths (which you'd find in the verbs list), which is what you should be doing. Instead you're doing... well, a bunch of confused crap, basically, if you'll excuse the bluntness.
for(var/verb/x in List) just won't go, there's no type named 'verb' (and it's a reserved word), procedures aren't objects, and their reference is their node type path, so to access that you can't use an object filter, as that skips non-object values (like type paths).
Here's an example that lets a player select from a list of verb names one of his verbs to run (with no arguments). Note that you actually only need the verb paths to read the name and you don't need to use them to call the verb, as call() supports using the procedure name itself to call it, too. 
mob/verb/SelectVerb()
   var/list/verb_names = new
   for(var/path in src.verbs)
      var/verb_name = path:name //access the name from the path
      verb_names += verb_name
   var/chosen_name = input(src,"Select:") as null|anything in verb_names
   if(!chosen_name) return

   call(src,chosen_name)() //call the verb on the player's mob
Sep 27 2009, 3:02 pm
In response to Kaioken
Thank you both; and another question (as always):

I'm not exactly sure if it's possible to create a full tree of verbs, but I'm not sure how to do it exactly. Ex: 
obj
    item
        verb
            this()
            that()  
            other(mob/m) //How could I make it so if the player select this, it would bring up options "other" contains?"
                //I know this obviously doesn't work:
                jump()
                sing()

mob
    proc
        call_item_verbs(obj/item/_item)
            var/list/l = new
            for(var/a in _item.verbs)
                l += a 
            var/q = input("do stuff","ya.") in l
            call(_item, q) (src)
Sep 27 2009, 3:08 pm
In response to Speedro
It could be the fact that it's 4 AM at the moment, but I don't follow exactly what your question is. May you elaborate?
Sep 28 2009, 8:05 am
In response to Kaioken
Absolutely.

So for example, I have an object that contains many verbs, but I want them organized, so that if you selected the "attack" verb, it would then go down further into the attack verb options of the object such as "kick", and "punch".


Hence what I mean as in a tree- just like this:

mob
verb
attack()
kick()
punch()

If it still doesn't make sense, I'm more than happy to further elaborate. :)
Sep 28 2009, 8:31 am
In response to Speedro
 
mob
  var/list/attacklist = list("punch","kick")
  verb/attack()
    var/v = input() in attacklist
    call(src,v)()