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Eliteofdelete · Dec 1, 2013

Hey guys, got another question. I am saving data repeatedly to a file based on the results of what I am doing. However, the file does not save the information I am writing into it in a chronological fashion rather it puts the information in alphabetical order. Is there a way to make it not do this? I guess I could put a time stamp at the start of the info of H:M?

Here is what the test code looks like.

Code:

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info ["We got 3 A-Boo Clues in 10 adventures"] = "";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info ["I love dogs"] = "";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info ["1 I love dogs"] = "";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info ["This is a test"] = "";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info ["2 This should be last...."] = "";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

It gives me this for the output.

Code:

1 I love dogs
2 This should be last....	
I love dogs
This is a test	
We got 3 A-Boo Clues in 10 adventures

I was hoping it would be "We got..." first and then so on as I had written it. Any Suggestions?

Edit: So after thinking more about it, as far as I know the best way would be to add something like:

Code:

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [""+now_to_string("HH:mm")+" I love dogs"] = "";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

And that would give my information a chronological ordering rather than alphabetic. I'd rather not have such information added, but I guess it isn't the worst of things =\

Bale · Dec 1, 2013

Or you could...

Code:

string [string] info
file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")] = "We got 3 A-Boo Clues in 10 adventures";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")] = "I love dogs";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")] = "1 I love dogs";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")] = "This is a test";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")] = "2 This should be last....";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

Or if you actually wanted to make use of the blank values on each line, there is this option:

Code:

record chrono {
   string text;
   string value;
};
chrono [string] info; 

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")].text = "We got 3 A-Boo Clues in 10 adventures";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")].text = "I love dogs";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")].text = "1 I love dogs";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")].text = "This is a test";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [now_to_string("HH:mm")].text = "2 This should be last....";
map_to_file(info, "filenametxt", false);

Eliteofdelete · Dec 1, 2013

Thanks Bale, I think the first one would work great. I just had the blank line, because I needed an aggregate for the map file.

darkcodelagsniper · Dec 1, 2013

The problem with keying the map by timestamp is that you'll overwrite any entry made in the same minute.
e.g. you'll just get a file which contains:

Code:

15:05	2 This should be last....

If you want stuff saved in the order you're entering it, then its probably best to just key by integer, getting the next integer by counting the map elements. (That method can break if you later remove some elements from the map.)

Code:

string [int] info;
file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [count(info)] = "We got 3 A-Boo Clues in 10 adventures";
map_to_file(info, "filename.txt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [count(info)] = "I love dogs";
map_to_file(info, "filename.txt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [count(info)] = "1 I love dogs";
map_to_file(info, "filename.txt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [count(info)] = "This is a test";
map_to_file(info, "filename.txt", false);

file_to_map("filename.txt", info);
info [count(info)] = "2 This should be last....";
map_to_file(info, "filename.txt", false);

Outputs:

Code:

0	We got 3 A-Boo Clues in 10 adventures
1	I love dogs
2	1 I love dogs
3	This is a test
4	2 This should be last....

Eliteofdelete · Dec 1, 2013

Hey dark, I thought about that too. Originally I was going to add in seconds too, but I think adding in just the counting ints makes it simpler. Thanks for the idea!

Eliteofdelete · Dec 2, 2013

Question about casting Buffs, does KoLMafia automatically equip the best item to increase the buff count or do I have to do that check myself?

Theraze · Dec 3, 2013

Do you still have to equip items? I thought that KoL recently changed it to use your best inventory item, regardless of what was equipped...

Veracity · Dec 3, 2013

I wouldn't say it was a "recent" change.

Theraze · Dec 3, 2013

Well, within the last few months. Thought that changed around the time of the AT class revamp, or at least that's when I first remember hearing about that change.

lostcalpolydude · Dec 3, 2013

I can't remember a time when you had to wear an accordion to get its song duration benefit.

Veracity · Dec 3, 2013

OK, I think I misunderstood you. Yes, a weak equipped accordion will not override a better unequipped accordion, so there is no longer a need to UNEQUIP accordions. That was a recent-ish change.

I was confused because elite wrote: "does KoLMafia automatically equip the best item to increase the buff count or do I have to do that check myself" - and there has never been a need to EQUIP the best item - and you responded by saying "Do you still have to equip items?" - when what you probably should have said was "Do you still have to UNequip items?"

Theraze · Dec 3, 2013

Sorry, sometimes my clarity ends up lacking, as has been pointed out.

There has never been a reason to equip buffing items if you didn't have a weak item equipped, as KoL in recent years has used the best inventory item when no buffing item was equipped. There is no longer a reason to UNequip weaker buffing items if they happen to be equipped, which is a more recent change.

Better?

Eliteofdelete · Dec 3, 2013

Well that makes my life easier x]. Thanks people. Never had to cast buffs myself so I wasn't sure how it worked out.

Eliteofdelete · Dec 7, 2013

I have a question about consumption of goods. If I got to the item manager => Usable => Food it lists the best food by room (with it checked). Is there an easy ash command I can run to just have it eat the best one listed there? I know I can run eatdrink, but I ran into a compatibility issue and it does more than I want it to do.

Bale · Dec 7, 2013

No such command.

darkcodelagsniper · Dec 7, 2013

It's relatively simple to iterate through all items, see which you can eat, and eat the best one you own.

here have some untested almost certainly buggy ash

Code:

record myfood {item it; float adv_per_full;};
myfood [int] myfoods;

foreach it in $items[] { 
     if ( it.fullness > 0 &&  available_amount(it)>0 && it.fullness <= fullness_limit()-my_fullness()) { 
          myfood thisfood;
          thisfood.it = it;
          string[int] range = split_string(it.adventures, "-"); 
          if (count(range)==1) thisfood.adv_per_full = to_float(range[0]);
          else thisfood.adv_per_full = (to_float(range[0])+to_float(range[1]))/2;
          myfoods[count(myfoods)]=thisfood;
     }
}
sort myfoods by 0-value.adv_per_full;
if (myfoods[0].it != $item[none]) eat(1,myfoods[0].it);

Bale · Dec 7, 2013

Today, you lived up to your name, darkcodelagsniper.

darkcodelagsniper · Dec 7, 2013

darkcodelagsniper said:

It's relatively simple to iterate through all items, see which you can eat, and eat the best one you own.

here have some untested almost certainly buggy ash

Code:

record myfood {item it; float adv_per_full;};
myfood [int] myfoods;

foreach it in $items[] { 
     if ( it.fullness > 0 &&  available_amount(it)>0 && it.fullness <= fullness_limit()-my_fullness()) { 
          myfood thisfood;
          thisfood.it = it;
          string[int] range = split_string(it.adventures, "-"); 
          if (count(range)==1) thisfood.adv_per_full = to_float(range[0]) / it.fullness;
          else thisfood.adv_per_full = ((to_float(range[0])+to_float(range[1])) /2) / it.fullness;
          myfoods[count(myfoods)]=thisfood;
     }
}
sort myfoods by 0-value.adv_per_full;
if (myfoods[0].it != $item[none]) eat(1,myfoods[0].it);

edit - whoops forgot to divide adventure yield by fullness

edit2 - post is not edit

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