String.split method

[Baskinein]

I am writing a script that takes a string, which would be a sentence or something of the sorts. My script requires me to cut the sentence up into individual words. So I simply use the split method for the string. This puts it into an array, which is fine. However, when I compare a newly created string with a word in the array they never return true. So split is doing something to the string when it cuts it up, but I can't figure out what. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? Should I use another method to cut the string up? Or what? Alright well thanks everyone for your help. If you need me to clarify anything let me know.

 

[Selwyn]

Well, if you don't post your script we can't help you much, but basically :

string = "I am just so sexy."
p string.split(' ') # returns : ["I","am","just","so","sexy.]
p string # returns : "I am just so sexy."

that's what the split method does..

 

[Baskinein]

Ok, here is my script.

def drawText(x, y, width, height, string)
    #This is a basic drawText. Looping needs to be added so that it wont cut up words and
    #alignment needs to be added(left, center, right)
    r = 0 #r is the current row being written to
    c = 0 #c is the current column being written to
    words = string.split
    rect = Rect.new(0, 0, 8, 16)
    for i in 0...words.size
      specialCharacters = []
      spcounter = 0
      count = 0 #number of special characters in the current word
      counter = words[i]
      counter.gsub!(/[&]([0-9]+)/) do
        count += 1
        specialCharacters.push($1)
      end
      word = words[i]
      word.gsub!(/[&]([0-9]+)/) {Temp.new.specialCharacters[$1.to_i]}
      if word == nil
        word = words[i]
      end
      if height >= r * rect.height #check to see if there is anymore room on the bitmap
        if width < c * rect.width + (word.size - count)#check to see if there is enough room on the current row for the next word
          c = 0
          r += 1
        end
        #for some reason special characters count as 2 when getting the size of the string
        for j in 0...word.size - count
          if word[j] == 195#special character
            point = Temp.new.characters[specialCharacters[spcounter]]
            spcounter += 1
          else
            point = Temp.new.characters[word[j]]
          end
          self.blt(x + (c * 8), y + (r * 16), RPG::Cache.picture("CharacterMap"), Rect.new(point.x, point.y, rect.width, rect.height))
          c += 1
        end
      end
      #end of word. Add a space between the words if it is not the last word
      if i != words.size - 1
        point = Temp.new.characters[32]
        self.blt(x + (c * 8), y + (r * 16), RPG::Cache.picture("CharacterMap"), Rect.new(point.x, point.y, rect.width, rect.height))
        c += 1
      end
    end
  end

class Temp
  attr_reader   :characters
  attr_reader   :specialCharacters
  def initialize
     @characters = {
  65 => Point.new(0,0), 66 => Point.new(8,0), 67 => Point.new(16,0), 68 => Point.new(24,0),
  69 => Point.new(32,0), 70 => Point.new(40,0), 71 => Point.new(48,0), 72 => Point.new(56,0),
  73 => Point.new(64,0), 74 => Point.new(72,0), 75 => Point.new(80,0), 76 => Point.new(88,0),
  77 => Point.new(96,0),78 => Point.new(104,0), 79 => Point.new(112,0), 80 => Point.new(120,0),
  81 => Point.new(128,0), 82 => Point.new(136,0), 83 => Point.new(144,0), 84 => Point.new(152,0),
  85 => Point.new(160,0), 86 => Point.new(168,0), 87 => Point.new(176,0), 88 => Point.new(184,0),
  89 => Point.new(192,0), 90 => Point.new(200,0), #First line of characters
  97 => Point.new(0,16), 98 => Point.new(8,16), 99 => Point.new(16,16), 100 => Point.new(24,16),
  101 => Point.new(32,16), 102 => Point.new(40,16), 103 => Point.new(48,16), 104 => Point.new(56,16),
  105 => Point.new(64,16), 106 => Point.new(72,16), 107 => Point.new(80,16), 108 => Point.new(88,16),
  109 => Point.new(96,16),110 => Point.new(104,16), 111 => Point.new(112,16), 112 => Point.new(120,16),
  113 => Point.new(128,16), 114 => Point.new(136,16), 115 => Point.new(144,16), 116 => Point.new(152,16),
  117 => Point.new(160,16), 118 => Point.new(168,16), 119 => Point.new(176,16), 120 => Point.new(184,16),
  121 => Point.new(192,16), 122 => Point.new(200,16), #Second line of characters
  192 => Point.new(0,32), 193 => Point.new(8,32), 194 => Point.new(16,32), 196 => Point.new(24,32),
  198 => Point.new(32,32), 199 => Point.new(40,32), 200 => Point.new(48,32), 201 => Point.new(56,32),
  202 => Point.new(64,32), 203 => Point.new(72,32), 204 => Point.new(80,32), 205 => Point.new(88,32),
  206 => Point.new(96,32), 207 => Point.new(104,32), 208 => Point.new(112,32), 209 => Point.new(120,32),
  210 => Point.new(128,32), 211 => Point.new(136,32), 212 => Point.new(144,32), 214 => Point.new(152,32),
  140 => Point.new(160,32), 217 => Point.new(168,32), 218 => Point.new(176,32), 219 => Point.new(184,32),
  220 => Point.new(192,32), 45 => Point.new(200, 32), #Third line of characters
  224 => Point.new(0,48), 225 => Point.new(8,48), 226 => Point.new(16,48), 228 => Point.new(24,48),
  230 => Point.new(32,48), 231 => Point.new(40,48), 232 => Point.new(48,48), 233 => Point.new(56,48),
  234 => Point.new(64,48), 235 => Point.new(72,48), 236 => Point.new(80,48), 237 => Point.new(88,48),
  238 => Point.new(96,48), 239 => Point.new(104,48), 240 => Point.new(112,48), 241 => Point.new(120,48),
  242 => Point.new(128,48), 243 => Point.new(136,48), 244 => Point.new(144,48), 246 => Point.new(152,48),
  156 => Point.new(160,48), 249 => Point.new(168,48), 250 => Point.new(176,48), 251 => Point.new(184,48),
  252 => Point.new(192,48), 223 => Point.new(200,48), #Fourth line of characters
  48 => Point.new(0,64), 49 => Point.new(8,64), 50 => Point.new(16,64), 51 => Point.new(24,64),
  52 => Point.new(32,64), 53 => Point.new(40,64), 54 => Point.new(48,64), 55 => Point.new(56,64),
  56 => Point.new(64,64), 57 => Point.new(72,64), 44 => Point.new(80,64), 46 => Point.new(88,64),
  32 => Point.new(96,64)}#Fifth line of characters
  @specialCharacters = {
  192 => "À", 193 => "ÃÂ

 

[linkz0r]

Well RGSS uses UTF-8, not pure ASCII... But i´m not sure on why would you draw your text that way... Are you loading text inside txt/whatever files and trying to draw them?

 

[Baskinein]

I did not know that RGSS used UTF-8. I don't know that much about UTFs honestly...I need to read up on them. Anyways, I do plan on reading text from a text file, but as of right now that is not the case. Is there a better way to go about displaying the text? I'm eager to learn ^^

 

[Yeyinde]

I don't know if this will work, but you could change the $KCODE global to "ASCII".

 

[Baskinein]

nope, doesn't look like it. I just tried that and then checked to see what the value of changing À into an int. I still got 195 and it is still two bits(I believe that is why "À".size returns 2.
Just did another little test.

print $KCODE

This prints UTF8. So I tried...

$KCODE = "ASCII"
  print $KCODE

It printed 'NONE'. So maybe the concept can work, but you cannot set $KCODE like that.