Comparison of User Choice

[SeeleyOne]

There are a few methods to get a string for the value pf the User Selection choice in an edge.

For example, if you want the name it is
powerName = field[usrChosen1].chosen.field[name].text

If you want the id of a Power, it is
powerID = field[usrChosen1].chosen.tagids[Power.?]

But what I cannot figure out is how to use them in a comparison statement. For example, let's say that I want to have an if statement for if the power has the Zombie name, or perhaps Power.powZombie id. A simple if statement with an = does not work, or at least I could not get it to do so. These print as strings if they are placed into a string, but I cannot get them to compare.

Is there a special syntax to compare a string to another value? Something like if (powerID = "Power.powZombie") or (powerName = "Zombie"). These give an error to one of the sides of the comparison equation. Are these actually using arrays instead?

After I figure this out, I plan to have be able to compare against the userChosen1 of other edges that also have a userChosen1.

[zarlor]

What if you did something like:

if (compare(lowercase(field[usrChosen1].chosen.field[name].text),"zombie") = 0 then

That's just using one of the examples I know works for doing string comparisons for Knowledge skills but I've no idea if it will translate for what you're trying to do here, mind you.

[SeeleyOne]

That works for things like rendering the No Power Points values, but in this case it gave an error "Attempt to access pick information or behaviors for read-only thing 'powZombie'
Location: 'eval' script for Thing 'edgnewpwr' (Eval Script '#1') near line 35"

It does this even if I use a string in place of the
field[usrChosen1].chosen.field[name].text
The usrChosen1 is probably a pointer to the original object, in this case the zombie power. If that is the case I just need to figure out the pointer syntax.

[zarlor]

I have no clue on that, then. Sounds more like a CapedCrusader or Mathias question when one of them gets a chance to check in here.

[Mathias]

What is your objective? I'm having trouble understanding your original question - I'm not sure what it is you're trying to accomplish.

[SeeleyOne]

I want to be able to make an if statement that compares the name of a power that is chosen using the user chosen field within and edge. Basically, you pick an edge, and that edge has a field to select from the list of powers (in my case component.Power). Then after picking the power, it can compare to see if it is a particular power. In the above example it is the zombie power.

I can find out the name with this:

powerName = field[usrChosen1].chosen.field[name].text

And, for the sake of reference (and not part of the dilemma) it can find out the rank like this:

rank = field[usrChosen1].chosen.tagvalue[MinRank.?]

The problem that I am having is that while it will print out the name just fine, I have not figured out how to compare that name to anything. In theory it would be a string as that is what the powerName is, but field[usrChosen1].chosen is an object, or more likely a pointer to an object.

So, how would I compare powerName to something like "Zombie"? I want it to be able to interact with other edges such as the Necromancer edge, but I need to be able to do an if statement that compares the powerName.

[Mathias]

if (field[usrChosen1].chosen.tagis[Power.powZombie] <> 0) then

[SeeleyOne]

Awesome, thanks. So simple and obvious now.

I was close on one of my attempts (not shared above) but not quite right.