array contents as links?

loopernow · January 2014

I want to display a list of inventory items (array contents) with each item being a clickable link.

For example, if we did...

<<set #inv = ["cat", "dog", "feather"]>>

...I would like to somehow display within a passage...

[[cat]] [[dog]] [[feather]]

...but have it procedurally generated since the contents of the inventory can change depending on the player's actions. Is this possible? More trouble than it's worth? I don't know that my game's going to have a ton of items, so another way I can see doing this is with a series of <<if>> statements, one for each link.

oulfis · March 2014

I wanted to do this, too-- turns out it's very simple! Just make your strings the links when you add them to the array.

So, mine is, <<set $packed to ["[[winter coat]]","[[boots]]"]>> etc.

mykael · March 2014

You can also:

printinvline:: <<nobr>> <<set $ix to parameter(0)>> <<if inv.length gt $ix>> <<print "[[" + inv[$ix] + "|Examine_" + inv[$ix] + "][$return to passage()]]<br>">> <<endif>> <<endnobr>> printinv:: Inventory: <<nobr>> <<printinvline 0>> <<printinvline 1>> <<printinvline 2>> <<printinvline 3>> <<printinvline 4>> <<printinvline 5>> <<printinvline 6>> <<printinvline 7>> <<endnobr>>

Be better if we had a loop directive, but you can unroll the loop to cover your maximum inventory size - or write a recursive printer.

loopernow · March 2014

Thanks! Ends up I haven't had occasion to need to do this yet, but I'm glad I have a way to now. Thanks again.

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