Variable Inconsistencies?

savedbygrace

It looks like assigning variables are rather simple except that they do not work consistently.

Define: Fighter = $Fighter
[when][@DwarfCLASS&;#93;=Fighter[do][@DwarfFighter&;#93;[end]

Table: DwarfCLASS
30: Fighter
5: Cleric
25: Barbarian
2: Rogue

Table: DwarfFighter
Class Fighter chosen
Table: DwarfCleric
Class Cleric chosen
Table: Dwarf Barbarian
CLass Barbarian chosen
Table: DwarfRogue
Class Rogue chosen

It prints out Class Fighter Chosen randomly with any of the DwarfClass Table entries.
What am I doing wrong?

How do I assign a table result to a variable for later reference?

Ed_NBOS

To assign a table result to a variable, you would do something like:

Table: PickAClass
Set: ClassName =[@RandomClass&;#93;

To do it in a table row, you can also use (assuming RandomClass was a valid table)

[@ClassName=RandomClass&;#93;

To suppress output so nothing is displayed but the variable is assigned, use ==

[@ClassName==RandomClass&;#93;

Expressions nest, so you can get rid of the [when] and use the variable name as the table name

Table: PickAClass
Set: ClassName =[@RandomClass&;#93;
[@{ClassName}&;#93;

savedbygrace

//

Define: Fighter = $Fighter
//[when][@DwarfCLASS&;#93;=Fighter[do][@DwarfFighter&;#93;[end]

Set: ClassName =[@DwarfCLASS&;#93;
[@{ClassName}&;#93;

Table: DwarfCLASS
30: Fighter
5: Cleric
25: Barbarian
2: Rogue

Table: DwarfFighter
Class Fighter chosen
Table: DwarfCleric
Class Cleric chosen
Table: Dwarf Barbarian
CLass Barbarian chosen
Table: DwarfRogue
Class Rogue chosen

I changed the code to try what you suggested but all that reports are (missing) prompts.

Also, I see where 2 conditions can be checked for, using when>>do>>else>>end code but what if I wanted to check for more than 2? [when]{condition}[do]{script}[else][else][else][end] ???

largando

I think the problem is that your ClassNames don't match the table names below. If you change table DwarfCLASS to this:

Table: DwarfCLASS
30:DwarfFighter
5:DwarfCleric
25:Dwarf Barbarian
2:DwarfRogue

...you should be fine.

To your other question, as long as all the conditions are mutually exclusive, you can just link together a bunch of [when] statements, like this:

[when]{ClassName}=DwarfFighter[do]stuff[end]&

[when]{ClassName}=DwarfFighter[do]stuff[end]&
[when]{ClassName}=DwarfCleric[do]otherstuff[end]&
[when]{ClassName}=Dwarf Barbarian[do]stillotherstuff[end]

(the ampersands make IPP think it's all on one line)

Hope that helps!

savedbygrace

The DwarfCLASS table is the actual class table. The other tables were just implemented for testing and I was only referencing the DwarfFighter table during said test.
Thanks for the feedback lads. I was able to get things working as expected by using

[@Classname=DwarfCLASS&;#93;

and

[when][{Classname}]=Fighter[do][@DwarfFighter&;#93;[end]&
[when][{Classname}]=Cleric[do][@DwarfCleric&;#93;[end]&
[when][{Classname}]=Rogue[do][@DwarfRogue&;#93;[end]&
[when][{Classname}]=Barbarian[do][@DwarfBarbarian&;#93;[end]&

Thanks for the tip on the ampersand.