Mall Price Checking Bot
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StDoodle
Minion
Actually, you can specify any file extension you want, so you can specify an xls file and on Windows, you'll be able to open it as an excel spreadsheet. (At least in OpenOffice.org, though, you get a prompt for character encoding yada yada...). So, this "works":
PHP:
void main() {
string [int] bob;
string randtxt;
int rndln;
int rndind;
for x from 0 to 25 {
rndln = random(8) + 3;
randtxt = "";
for s from 0 to rndln {
rndind = random(26);
randtxt = randtxt + substring("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", rndind, rndind+1);
}
bob[x] = randtxt;
}
map_to_file(bob,"testing.xls");
}
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mredge73
Member
You actually can do it, but you have to actually purchase the item to get the lowest price.
If price data is all you are collecting then: buy the item, collect the value in a datafile, then sell it back for a net loss of 0.
That is the best you can do using mafia, this probably will not be useful for high value items.
If price data is all you are collecting then: buy the item, collect the value in a datafile, then sell it back for a net loss of 0.
That is the best you can do using mafia, this probably will not be useful for high value items.
Code:
//Purchase item return average price
//$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
int PurchaseItem(int howmany, item IT)
{
int startmeat=my_meat();
buy( howmany, IT );
int endmeat=my_meat();
int itemcost=(startmeat-endmeat)/howmany;
return itemcost;
}mredge73
Member
No, not that I know of.
If I was you, I would get the lowest price using the above function. Then average it by mall_price().
This will give you the average between the lowest and the 5th highest.
It may still not work, I am not sure how often mall_price() actually fetches a new price. It may only do it once a day/hour/week/month/leapyear?
It looks like you need to find another tool to do this, you are not the first to ask these questions. If I remember right someone else was trying to do exactly the same thing about 6 months ago and ran into similar issues.
If I was you, I would get the lowest price using the above function. Then average it by mall_price().
This will give you the average between the lowest and the 5th highest.
It may still not work, I am not sure how often mall_price() actually fetches a new price. It may only do it once a day/hour/week/month/leapyear?
It looks like you need to find another tool to do this, you are not the first to ask these questions. If I remember right someone else was trying to do exactly the same thing about 6 months ago and ran into similar issues.
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Misteryous Stranger
New member
Or you could import data from items.ofloathing.com, which is updated daily, IIRC.
xKiv
Active member
But does items of loathing reflect on prices actually available in the mall? I think it (just like kolmarket) lists prices at which items are actually *bought*, which is sometimes lower (stock gets bought out), sometimes higher (raffles => meat pastes at 100k, ...) and sometimes downright bogus (look at TPS drinks ...).
If you want prices of *available* items, Eleron has a bot for that, with dumps at http://www.houeland.com/kol/malldump/ (not real time data, but better than nothing). Don't increase lag by making your own bot.
If you want prices of *available* items, Eleron has a bot for that, with dumps at http://www.houeland.com/kol/malldump/ (not real time data, but better than nothing). Don't increase lag by making your own bot.
