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Beginner Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 27

How do you cause a value from a string list variable to be used as an alias? For example lets say the 3rd element of a string list named spells is fireball, and there exists and alias named fireball that casts fireball (this is obviously a simplified example). If i use #ECHO @spells.3 it will show me the correct alias, but I don't know how to make zmud execute the alias.

thanks in advance,
Kalus

Adept Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 222 Location: Chile

You can use the %item function
eg:
#VAR spells "armor|bless|fireball"
#ALIAS cast {cast %item(@spells,%1)}
so typing cast 3 would cast fireball, 2 bless and 1 armor

Beginner Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 27

I'm sorry I didn't explain what i'm trying to do very well, the string list is made up of alias names, i used spells just as an example. What i'm hoping to be able to do is access an item in the list, and have the alias execute. I feel like that should be some easy way to do that, but I can't seem to figure it out.

Apprentice Joined: 28 Sep 2001 Posts: 103 Location: USA

Have you tried
#EXEC {@spells.3}

Beginner Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 27

That works, thanks!

Beginner Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 27

Just one more thing, lets say I want to use a variable to pick which element of the list I'm accessing. Using my earlier example if i wanted to access the third element of the string list spells, and I had a variable named placeholder who's value was 3, could I do something similar to #EXEC @spells.@placeholder? That doesn't work, but it seems like there should be a way to do it.

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

I believe something along the lines of

#exec %item(@spells,@placeholder)

Beginner Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 27

thank you so much, that works perfectly!