Are there escape characters in MCSI?

[NewtSoup]

Such as in other languages for example /n for a newline carriage return?

If so can someone point me at the correct reference?

thanks

** edit

What I want to do is pull data on a sector and output it on multiple lines on a single write to log file operation.

I can of course do a write to log file for each line of data I want to write but I consider that inelegant.

[Joubarbe]

\n

[NewtSoup]

See that doesn't work,

If you do

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$test = "This is \n a test"
write to log file # 1972 append=[false] value=$test
return null

What gets output to the logfile is:

This is \n a test

rather than:

This is
a test

as you might expect.

But thanks for the input.

[UniTrader]

read the newline char from a t-file instead of writing it directly in the script, because the newline is parsed then (it is possible to add iit directly into a script, but tricky)

[NewtSoup]

OK. So I have the following script:

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$newline = read text: page=1971 id=1
$test = 'This is' + $newline + 'a test'
write to log file 1971 append=[FALSE] value=$test
return null

and the following file "1971.xml" in the t directory

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!-- Generated using X-Studio -->
<language id="44">

	<page id="1" title="Title" desc="Description" voice="no">
		<t id="1">\n</t>
	</page>
</language>

the output to my test logfile is :

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This isReadText1971-1a test

Where am I going wrong?

[jack775544]

You have to load the text file first.

[Joubarbe]

I highly recommend to put all your texts into your t file. Here is an example :

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$Text.Page = 7321
load text: id=$Text.Page

$Greetings = read text: page=$Text.Page id=100

$MySector = [SECTOR]
$Author = 'Big Daddy'
$Text.f = sprintf: fmt=$Greetings, $Author, $MySector, $Value, $Value, $Value

write to player logbook $Text.f

In the t file :

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<language id="44">

<page id="7321" title="Title" descr="Desc">

<t id="100">[author]%s[author]Hello,\n\nWelcome to \033Y%s\033X !</t>

</page>
</language>

The name of the sector will be displayed in yellow (Y). Other colors : White, Silver (A), Green, Orange, Red, Default (X), Magenta, Blue and Cyan.

Refer to this to not use a t file already used by another mod.

[Cycrow]

OK. So I have the following script:

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$newline = read text: page=1971 id=1
$test = 'This is' + $newline + 'a test'
write to log file 1971 append=[FALSE] value=$test
return null

and the following file "1971.xml" in the t directory

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!-- Generated using X-Studio -->
<language id="44">

	<page id="1" title="Title" desc="Description" voice="no">
		<t id="1">\n</t>
	</page>
</language>

the output to my test logfile is :

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This isReadText1971-1a test

Where am I going wrong?

You test file is not correct. You are looking for test in page 1971, but in your text file you put it in page 1

you need to make the page id from the text file match the one you are using in the script.

you also need to load in the text file, using the load text:id= command

[NewtSoup]

You test file is not correct. You are looking for test in page 1971, but in your text file you put it in page 1

you need to make the page id from the text file match the one you are using in the script.

you also need to load in the text file, using the load text:id= command

Yoush! Got it. Thanks Cycrow - Just this little thing has been a valuable lesson in how t files work.

My output to the logfile is now

This is
a test

Just as I wanted. Now I can use that newline char to build better log messages.