Variable comparisons in Developer Help

ID:154861
 
Nov 29 2011, 12:45 pm
How can I access the mob variables like so?

mob
 var
  eat = "eating"
  sleep = "sleeping"
  drink = "drinking"

 verb
  eat()
  sleep()
  drink()


 proc
  info_access()
   var/Option_Datum/option = new/Option_Datum
   var/info = option.Return_Info() //returns either the text "eat", "sleep", "drink"

   //how can I compare 'info' to the variables the mob has, and give the descriptions of each above?


Basically the options datum will return text that directly matches up with the variable, so how can I compare the two, so that I can give the player the information that the variable holds?
#1 Nov 29 2011, 12:50 pm
A datum's vars variable is an associative list in the "[name]" = value format, so src.vars[info] would give you the value you were looking for.
#2 Nov 29 2011, 1:12 pm
In response to DarkCampainger (#1)
Thanks, got it working!
#3 Dec 13 2011, 10:55 pm
In response to DarkCampainger (#1)
DarkCampainger wrote:
A datum's vars variable is an associative list in the "[name]" = value format, so src.vars[info] would give you the value you were looking for.

heh, I had no idea you could use vars like that. Very cool indeed.