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Variable Inconsistencies?

savedbygracessavedbygrace
edited December 2015 in Inspiration Pad Pro General
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?

Comments

  • Ed_NBOSEd_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;
  • savedbygracessavedbygrace
    // 
    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] ???
  • largandollargando
    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!
  • savedbygracessavedbygrace
    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.

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