Recognizing plural items

[StDoodle]

Hey all;

Is there a way to parse a plural item into an $item simply and quickly, if it isn't already in the "You acquire..." format? As far as I can come up with, the only way to do so (if, say, one is parsing clan stash activity) is to extract the item string, then pass it to an array with extract_items() after prepending it with the acquisition text. This seems a bit roundabout simply to recognize one pluralized item, but I'm at a loss for a better solution. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

-std

 

[heeheehee]

Yeah, I think my clan_log.ash built a map via

foreach i in $items[] to_singular[i.to_plural()] = i;

You might want to check that out, since most of the framework's already there.

 

[Theraze]

From a quick check, to_item(item, count) should look up plurals....

Does... just make sure you ask for multiple.

ash to_item("asparagus knives", 1)

Returned: none

ash to_item("asparagus knives", 2)

Returned: asparagus knife

 

[mredge73]

to_item(item, count) has worked for my stash parser for about a year and a half now.
Jason added it in to obsolete one of my scripts.

 

[Bale]

Jason added it in to obsolete one of my scripts.

I remember that! Jason made your script obsolete two days after you posted it. Fun times!

 

[StDoodle]

Bah, I had no idea there was an overloaded version of to_item() (which is kinda sad, since I'm pretty sure I've checked on its wiki page at least once). Thanks guys!