keeping players from having no names

ID:262858
 
Dec 23 2005, 11:48 pm
Code:
var/charactername = input("What is your name?","Name") as null|text


Problem description:

They can have no names, which messes up everything. How can I nullify this?
Dec 24 2005, 12:42 am
 
var/charactername
while(!charactername)
   charactername=input("What is your name?","Name") as null|text
   if(!charactername)usr<<"You must enter a name"


That will keep looping until they have entered something as a name.
Dec 24 2005, 1:37 am
put

var/charactername = input("What is your name?","Name") as text
Dec 24 2005, 2:04 am
In response to Diggsey
That wouldn't change a bit. null|anything gives a cancel option.
Dec 24 2005, 2:15 am
In response to Mysame
sorry.
Dec 24 2005, 10:59 am
In response to Diggsey
Thanks.
Dec 24 2005, 12:24 pm
In response to Nick231
Nick231 wrote:
> var/charactername
> while(!charactername)
>    charactername=input("What is your name?","Name") as null|text
>    if(!charactername)usr<<"You must enter a name"

That will keep looping until they have entered something as a name.

var/charactername
while(!ckey(charactername))
   charactername=input("What is your name?","Name") as null|text
   if(!ckey(charactername))usr<<"You must enter a name"


You can use that if you want to prevent them of using anything besides letters in their names.