If contents contains

ID:171677
 
Aug 22 2004, 7:36 am
How would you code "If the user's contents contains a certain object"?
Aug 22 2004, 7:47 am
if(locate(/obj/X) in src.contents)

[EGUY]
Aug 22 2004, 7:52 am
In response to EGUY
How could I implement a variable into an object name?

if(locate(/obj/"R[draft_round]P[draft_pick]")in src.contents)


I keep getting this error:
football.dm:199:error: "R[draft_round]P[draft_pick]": missing comma ',' or right-paren ')'
football.dm:199:error: "R[draft_round]P[draft_pick]": missing comma ',' or right-paren ')'


This is the whole of what im trying to do.

var
    draft_round
    max_draft_round
    draft_pick
    max_draft_pick

proc/pro_football_draft()
    world << "The Pro Football Draft will now begin. All team owners please report to (1,1)!<BR>If you do not make your appropriate draft pick within 8 minutes, your pick will be skipped!<BR><BR>There are currently 6 rounds and 10 picks per round!"
    sleep(50)
    world << "<B>Round</B> 1 <B>Pick</B> 1!"
    draft_round = 1
    draft_pick = 1
    sleep(4800)
    spawn() pro_football_draft2()

proc/pro_football_draft2()
    while(1)
    if(draft_round<=max_draft_round&&draft_pick<=max_draft_pick)
        return 0
    else
        draft_pick += 1
        world << "<B>Round</B> [draft_round] <B>Pick</B> [draft_pick]!"

obj/draft_machine
    icon = 'objects.dmi'
    icon_state = "draftmach"
    verb/Use_Draft_Machine()
        set src in view(1,usr)
        if(usr.teamname == null)
            usr << "You cannot participate in the draft because you don't have a team."
        if(draft_round == null)
            usr << "The draft has not begun yet"
        if(locate(/obj/"R[draft_round]P[draft_pick]")in src.contents)
            usr << "Hello, [usr]! Please select a player from the draft pool."


Im trying to make an nfl draft which I don't have to edit manually when someone creates another team so I don't have to edit the code to accomidate the number of draft picks.
Aug 22 2004, 8:17 am
In response to ZLegend
Not sure if this is what your looking for but can't you use list?

for example:

mob/var/totalplayers = 0
mob/var/teamplayers = list()
proc/Draft()
   var/players = list("Player 1", "Player 2", "Player 3","Player 4")
   while(src.totalplayers < 5)
       var/draftchoice = input("Who will you draft?") in players
       players -= draftchoice
       src.teamplayers += draftchoice
       src.totalplayers += 1
       world << "[src] has chosen [draftchoice]!"

The players list can also have objs or mobs if you have players with individual skills. Just make players =list() then players += /obj/nfl_player.
Aug 22 2004, 8:32 am (Edited on Aug 22 2004, 8:37 am)
In response to EGUY
Well the list of players will be manually set for name creation and unique status reasons. So you won't have a running back who runs like a lineman or a kicker that blocks like a full back.

What im trying to do is implement a variable into the path name of an object. Here's how it works:

The draft calls for the owner of Round2 Pick6

When the owner goes up to the "draft machine" it will check his inventory for obj/R"[draft_round]"P"[draft_pick]" but the complier wont let me put a variable into the object path.

The whole purpose of this is so I don't have to manually create a team for someone who wants to start a franchise. Then go back and edit some more coding, then reboot the world which I try to avoid sometimes.

and btw, what does while(src.totalplayers < 5) do?
Aug 22 2004, 8:45 am
In response to ZLegend
idk

but maybe you could use:
for(var/obj/A in [the list you are searching in])
   if("[A.type]" == "/obj/R[draft_round]P[draft_pick]")
      //whatever


This should work if you use it right.

[EGUY]
Aug 22 2004, 11:27 am
In response to EGUY
Wouldn't putting /obj/name of object in " " make it just text and not a path?