Arrays, feeling quite silly

[Ellie]

I'm absolutely stumped :|

Ok so $game_netplayer is like so:

  def initialize

    super

    @map_id = 0

    @name = ""

    @level = -1

    @netid = -1

    @hp = -1

    @sp = -1

    @username = ""

    @move_tom = true

    $game_temp.spriteset_refresh = true

    @x = 0

    @y = 0

  end

Where $game_netplayer = Game_Netplayer.new


I am completely stumped as how to do the following:


For the netplayer that has the name "wyatt" change the hp to be 500.


:| Anyone care to remind an old fool?

 

[trebor777]

what i would do :p to easily get players from their name, is a class hash, that is filled when a netplayer is created... then you would just need a small method to get the player you want from his name.

like in this example:
[rgss] 
class MyClass
@@myHash = {}
 
  def initialize
    do_whatever
 
    @@myHash[myidentifier.to_sym] = self
  end
 
  def self.[](id)
    @@myHash[id]
  end
end
 
[/rgss]

:p then you can simply call

get_me = MyClass[me.to_sym]

( i like to use symbols cause they're unique and fast (instead of strings))

Adding this in the netplayer class, with the name as an identifier, would help you i think.

 

[Ellie]

Thanks, I'll try this out.

I always thought there was a way to do it with just an array though, similar with a hash. Maybe I'm just imagining it.

 

[trebor777]

well you can but it's basically ending up with a complicated hash..
you'll need to parse the array testing each player for their name... and return the player if his name matches...not really worth it i think...