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| Posted by
| Mannoman
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| Date
| Sun 21 May 2006 12:27 AM (UTC) |
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| I am trying to make an alias to set a variable
set *
world.SetVariable("VarName", %1)
[string "Alias: "]:4: bad argument #2 to `SetVariable' (string expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
[C]: in function `SetVariable'
[string "Alias: "]:4: in main chunk
so ... what should I do? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,173 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #1 on Sun 21 May 2006 01:55 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| If %1 is the word "kobold", then you are doing:
world.SetVariable("VarName", kobold)
The variable kobold will not exist, thus it is nil, thus it is complaining you are using nil where you should have a string.
You want this:
world.SetVariable("VarName", "%1")
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,173 posts) Bio
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| Reply #2 on Sun 21 May 2006 06:53 AM (UTC) |
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| There is also an option in triggers and aliases to "send to variable" so you can simply put %1 in the "send" box and send directly to the variable, whose name you specify in the alias dialog.
However I wanted to answer your actual question so you understood the change needed, in case that was part of a larger script. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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