Need help initializing an array of records

[Take_Pills]

I'm trying to do something with the new item_drops_array() and I want something that has the same function as:

int[item]loc_mon_it;
loc_mon_it = item_drops(loc_mon[mon]);

except instead of an array of ints i want an array of records generated by item_drops_array(). right now i have:

record[item]loc_mon_it;
loc_mon_it = item_drops_array(loc_mon[mon]);

but this is giving me some error like [ is not a proper name for a record. am i not initializing this correctly? also, will item_drops_array be able to handle the input of an array of monsters?

 

[Take_Pills]

erm, never mind. from the wiki "Since this is the first function to return a record, it cannot be stored to a variable, and thus the only way to access the data is by iterating over the elements in the array."

that's sort of unhelpful . oh well i'll figure it out

 

[slyz]

If you really need to store the data, you can create a similar array of records and save the results in it:

record dropdata {
   item drop;
   int rate;
   string type;
};
monster mon = $monster[giant sandworm];
dropdata[int]loc_mon_it;
foreach i, rec in item_drops_array(mon) {
	loc_mon_it[i].drop = rec.drop;
	loc_mon_it[i].rate = rec.rate;
	loc_mon_it[i].type = rec.type;
}

foreach i ,rec in loc_mon_it
  print("index: "+i+", item: "+rec.drop+", drop rate: "+rec.rate+", type: "+rec.type);

EDIT:
This code will return:

index: 0, item: spices, drop rate: 10, type:
index: 1, item: spices, drop rate: 10, type:
index: 2, item: spices, drop rate: 10, type:
index: 3, item: spice melange, drop rate: 0, type: n

If you really want an array of items, you can do this:

record dropdata {
   int rate;
   string type;
};
monster mon = $monster[blooper];
dropdata[item]loc_mon_it;
foreach i, rec in item_drops_array(mon) {
	loc_mon_it[rec.drop].rate = rec.rate;
	loc_mon_it[rec.drop].type = rec.type;
}

foreach itm ,rec in loc_mon_it
  print("item: "+itm+", drop rate: "+rec.rate+", type: "+rec.type);

but for monsters that drop multiple times the same item, some info will be lost. This snippet will print:

item: white pixel, drop rate: 60, type:

instead of

index: 0, item: white pixel, drop rate: 80, type:
index: 1, item: white pixel, drop rate: 70, type:
index: 2, item: white pixel, drop rate: 60, type:

 

[heeheehee]

Oh man, and I thought that code sample showed how to use it (i.e. how exactly to iterate over the elements of an array).

The idea of these samples is generally for the user to try them out him/herself and see what happens. Just to give an example of proper syntax/usage.

(Seriously, though, what can we do to make that page more helpful?)

 

[Bale]

Oh man, and I thought that code sample showed how to use it (i.e. how exactly to iterate over the elements of an array).

The idea of these samples is generally for the user to try them out him/herself and see what happens. Just to give an example of proper syntax/usage.

(Seriously, though, what can we do to make that page more helpful?)

Page is now more helpful.