Obtaining the 'last value' on a /generator

ID:2969727
 
Apr 14, 12:08 am
Applies to:DM Language
Status: Open
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Seeking a way to get the last value from a /generator that was obtained by 
generator_instance.Rand()


This would be helpful to do things with that value, in case you're in a context where you can't assign variables (like already being in a variable assignment).

This also might be handy for certain methods of a generator being shared between different functions in series.

I know this is a bit strange of a suggestion, but I encountered it.

Maybe something like

generator_instance.last_value
Apr 14, 1:47 pm (Edited on Apr 14, 2:23 pm)
This might help. Extends native generators. see var/_last
It'll be a bit buggy with values that aren't numbers, but generators will only return one of: number, vector2, vector3, text (colour) or list (colour matrix).
generator
    var/_type       // the generator type
    var/_a          // extreme a
    var/_b          // extreme b
    var/_upper      // the upper extreme
    var/_lower      // the lower extreme
    var/_rand       // the rand type
    var/_highest    // the highest value generated
    var/_lowest     // the lowest value generated
    var/_last       // the last value generated

    New(t, a, b, r)
        .=..(t,a,b,r)
        _type = t
        _rand = r
        _a = a
        _b = b
        if(a > b)
            _upper = a
            _lower = b
        else
            _upper = b
            _lower = a

        if(_type != "color")
            _highest = (_upper + _lower) / 2
            _lowest = _highest

    Rand()
        .=..()
        if(isnum(.))
            _highest = max(., _highest)
            _lowest = min(., _lowest)
        _last = .

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