Items in the inventory [*resolved*]

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Feb 17 2007, 7:20 am (Edited on Feb 17 2007, 7:58 am)
when i want to check for an item in usr.contents, i do this: for(var/obj/a in usr.contents) but what if i only want to get ONE? like for example if i want to delete ONE apple but i have two, writing this:
for(var/obj/apple/a in usr.contents) del a

would delete both. can anyone help?
Feb 17 2007, 7:31 am
Like you can use locate() to find a mob at a particular spot in the map, you can use it to find other stuff too. For example:
var/obj/sword/O = locate(/obj/sword) in player


(You might need the list itself, player.contents instead of player, but I'm not sure)
Feb 17 2007, 7:32 am
I'd try locate.

And what are you using this for? If you are using it for something such as obj/apple/verb/Eat(), I'd just put a del(src) in the verb.
Feb 17 2007, 7:34 am (Edited on Feb 17 2007, 7:58 am)
In response to Jon88
Oh, so if i wrote:
var/obj/apple/a = locare(/obj/apple) in usr.contents
del a

then one of my apples would be deleted?
Yeah, that works perfectly, thanks again everyone.
Feb 17 2007, 7:47 am
In response to Bobthehobo
I am filling up a pot with flour, and i just thought that the player might have a pot with them that they want to keep empty as well as the one they are filling up.