[ stupid mod question ] is there a string search functionality available ?

[Jey123456]

i'm looking for something in the like of strpos in most languages (strstr in C).

Basicly, i want to check if a string contain a substring. I could not find any character by character access either. I had a look through the xsd, but had no luck finding anything that may help me (altho i missed some other things in the past)

[ybeline]

Hello Jey123456,



This might help you:

list / indexof.{$value} / integer / "Index of first occurrence of $value in the list (1-based), or 0 if not found"

Example:

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$test_list=[5,2,7,4]
$test_list.indexof.{7}='3'

Is it what you're looking for?

Regards,

ybeline

[Jey123456]

if it works on strings, yes.

for instance, if i have a string
$varstring='imacoolstring'
$varstring='imacoolerstring'
$varstring='imanotherstring'


i want a way to way to check if it contain the string 'cool'

[UniTrader]

<substitute_text source="$string1" text="$string2"><replace string="'cool'" with="''"/></substitute_text>

and compare $string1 with $string2 - if they are the same it is not in ther, if they differ it is in there.

[Fumblesneeze]

<substitute_text source="$string1" text="$string2"><replace string="'cool'" with="''"/></substitute_text>

and compare $string1 with $string2 - if they are the same it is not in ther, if they differ it is in there.

..wow

I must say this xml scripting is genius from a modding perspective but it sure doesnt make mundane tasks easier xD

[Jey123456]

ah, yea, that will work fine =D. Not exactly optimal, but no matter, its clean enough to achieve the goal.

Thank you

[UniTrader]

i know its more a workaround and i would almost bet there is a cleaner way, but this one is the only one i know atm (i think there is an operator for expressions which achives the same or better(string position), but without doc its impossible to find it)