How am I supposed to store stats in Datamaps with Harlowe?

DoomlordKravoka

For example, I would like to say that the character has a squash with a rating of 2 stars, a pumpkin of 4 stars and a watermelon of 3.4 stars while their rival has a squash with a rating of 4.64 stars, a watermelon of 3 stars and a pumpkin of 5 stars, however, the guide is unclear on how you're supposed to make datamaps and how you're supposed to use them to store stats.

greyelf

Try the following, it implements your request of two variables ($character and $rival) with the attributes mentioned.

{
(set: $character to (datamap: "squash", 2, "pumpkin", 4, "watermelon", 3.4))

(set: $rival to (datamap: "squash", 4.64, "watermelon", 3,"pumpkin", 5))

}Printout the variable's values...

''character:''
squash (print: $character's squash) stars
pumpkin (print: $character's pumpkin) stars
watermelon (print: $character's watermelon) stars

''rival:''
squash (print: $rival's squash) stars
pumpkin (print: $rival's pumpkin) stars
watermelon (print: $rival's watermelon) stars

... as you can see you assign the output of the (datamap:) macro to a variable using a (set:) macro.

note: normally you could use the (print:) macro to output the contents of a datamap variable but that does not currently work due to a but in Harlowe 1.2.1

TheMadExile

By "guide", are you referring to the official Harlowe docs (on the (datamap:) macro)?

Setting the datamaps could be done like so:

{
(set: $your to (datamap:
	"squash",     2,
	"pumpkin",    4,
	"watermelon", 3.4
))
(set: $rival to (datamap:
	"squash",     4.64,
	"pumpkin",    5,
	"watermelon", 3
))
}

Changing individual values:

{
(set: $your's squash to 5)
(set: $rival's pumpkin to 4.5)
}

Printing the datamaps out:

Your stats
* Squash: (print: $your's squash) stars
* Pumpkin: (print: $your's pumpkin) stars
* Watermelon: (print: $your's watermelon) stars

Rival's stats
* Squash: (print: $rival's squash) stars
* Pumpkin: (print: $rival's pumpkin) stars
* Watermelon: (print: $rival's watermelon) stars

DoomlordKravoka

Would this also allow for text to be stored as variables in the same way?

greyelf

The Example usage included in the (datamap:) documentation shows it being used for String (text) values.