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==See Also==
==See Also==
{{Area functions}}
{{Utility functions}}
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Revision as of 16:56, 10 August 2007

This function splits a string using the given seperating character and returns one part as a string.

Syntax

string gettok ( string text, int tokenNumber, int seperatingCharacter )

Required Arguments

  • text: The string that should be split
  • tokenNumber: Which token should be returned (1 for the first, 2 for the second, ..)
  • seperatingCharacter: The ASCII number of the character that seperates the strings (for example 44 for ',')

Returns

Returns string with the token if it exists, false otherwise.

Example

This example retrieves the startskin and endskin for spawning a player 

-- Put the string with the skins in a variable. Normally you would read it from a .map file or something.
local skins = "20,30"
-- Get the startskin and endskin (20 and 30)
local startskin = gettok ( skins, 1, 44 )
local endskin = gettok ( skins, 2, 44 )
-- Get a random skin of the range
local skin = randInt(tonumber(startskin),tonumber(endskin))

See Also

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