Find()

ID:269715
 
Sep 19 2005, 10:17 pm
What does find actually do and what does it mean my 'element'. I try to run this code below:

mob
    verb
        Encrypt(msg as text)
            var/encryption = rand(1,1000000)
            en += encryption
            passes += msg
            usr << "Your code is [encryption]"
        Get_Password(msg as text)
            if(en.Find(msg))
                usr << "Found"

    var
        en[100]
        passes[100]

Though the "Found" message never appears on the screen even though the encryption is in the list. Could someone help me.
Oh and also, how do I change the font colour in a stat panel.
Sep 19 2005, 10:32 pm
Find() returns the numeric index of an item within a list. For instance;
var/list/skee = list("a","b","c","d")

mob/verb/rowr(T as text)
    src << "T is at the index [skee.Find(T)]"

If you'd use that verb and enter a, it would tell you that it is at index 1.

The 'element' argument in Find() is the item you want to find in the list.

As for your code here, it's not finding what you're looking for because the items in the list are numerical and you're searching for text. If you'd change the verb to Get_Password(msg as num) and -then- try it, you'd get the found message you expected.

On side note, Find() should only be used if you need the index of the item you're looking for. Use if(msg in en) instead.

On the note of your statpanel question, BYOND is currently incapable of user-defined colors contained within them. The color BYOND chooses when displaying stat information is what you're stuck with.