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problem with "while(a-listed-var-thing)" in Developer Help

ID:146495

Jun 4 2005, 3:51 pm (Edited on Jun 4 2005, 5:42 pm)

Code:

var/p = new/list("Pow" = 2,"Int" = 0,"Spe" = 0,"Def" = 0)
while(p["Pow"])
    txt1 += "<img src=pow>"
    world << "hi"
    p["Pow"] -= 1

Problem description:
The problem is with while(p["Pow"]) it won't (I guess) call that var, so my best guess is that I have to do it a certin way. Any help?

[Edit]
Stupid me.... Fixed it

var/p = new/list("Pow" = 2,"Int" = 0,"Spe" = 0,"Def" = 0)
var/pp = p["Pow"]
while(pp)
    txt1 += "<img src=pow>"
    world << "hi"
    pp -= 1

#1 Jun 4 2005, 6:32 pm
Lummox JR	The only problem I can see is that you're initializing the list incorrectly. If you use new/list(), then DM assumes the first argument is the length of the list (which will be padded with nulls). What you need is just plain list(). Lummox JR