set_variable nested in "if then" using iteration: provisional results

[zookeeper]

What he means is:

Don't do this:

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[if]
    [variable]
        name=$variablename

Do this:

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[if]
    [variable]
        name=variablename

It's asking for the variable name to use/check/set/etc. So you want to give it the variable name. Only use the $ sign when you want the value of the variable.

[hyper_cubed]

You are all awesome, Zookeeper's interpretation of what Ravanna was saying immediately fixed my problem. I can now dynamically pick up any specials as long as a mod uses the typical categories! I have been trying to figure this out for a few days now.

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#get all specials categories and ids in order to query based on either sub data or specials meta data
	#create specials category list
	[set_variables]
		name=specials_categories
			[value]
				category="attacks" #0
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="berserk" #1
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="chance_to_hit" #2
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="damage" #3
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="disable" #4
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="drains" #5
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="dummy" #6
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="firststrike" #7
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="heal_on_hit" #8
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="petrifies" #9
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="plague" #10
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="poison" #11
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="slow" #12
			[/value]
			[value]
				category="swarm" #13
			[/value]
	[/set_variables]
	
	#if special exist, get it and store tag name along with id
	{VARIABLE j 0}
	[while]
		[variable]
			name="j"
			less_than=$unit.attack.length
		[/variable]
		[do]
			{VARIABLE k 0}
			[while]
				[variable]
					name="k"
					less_than=$specials_categories.length
				[/variable]
				[do]
					{VARIABLE l 0}
					[while]
						[variable]
							name="l"
							less_than=3
						[/variable]
						[do]
							{VARIABLE specials_category_content "$specials_categories[$k].category"}
							{VARIABLE special_id_content "$unit.attack[$j].specials.$specials_categories[$k].category|[$l].id"}
							[if]
								[variable]
									#used Ravanna's variable assignment and then used the interpretation of zookeeper
									name=special_id_content
									#implemented Sapient's advice on emptys
									not_equals="$empty"
								[/variable]
								[then]
									[set_variables]
										name=specials_array
										mode=insert
										[value]
											category=$specials_category_content
											id=$specials_category_content
										[/value]
									[/set_variables]
								[/then]
							[/if]
							{CLEAR_VARIABLE specials_category_content}
							{CLEAR_VARIABLE special_id_content}
							#check if special id procs using the in game inspector
							{VARIABLE unit.variables.special_id_$j|$k|$l| $unit.attack[$j].specials.$specials_categories[$k].category|.length}
						{VARIABLE_OP l add 1}
						[/do]
					[/while]
					{CLEAR_VARIABLE l}
				{VARIABLE_OP k add 1}
				[/do]
			[/while]
			{CLEAR_VARIABLE k}
		{VARIABLE_OP j add 1}
		[/do]
	[/while]
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE j}
	{CLEAR_VARIABLE specials_categories}

[Pentarctagon]

@hyper_cubed: In the future, please don't doublepost.

[Ravana]

You correctly retrieve ids you underlined there, and then ask their value. You ask for variable named poison. It is not assigned any value.

[hyper_cubed]

You correctly retrieve ids you underlined there, and then ask their value. You ask for variable named poison. It is not assigned any value.

I think I understand what you are saying. When the engine querys for variable name, and then I use substitution to hook into name then I am setting the variable name to whatever dynamic value that my lookup yields, whereas, I should have omitted the $ to drill down to the actual variable name and not the value.

Okay.

Also, @Pentarctigon: Sorry about that, I thought that my last post left out a few things. Thanks for the kind notification.