string llGetPrimitiveParameter( integer iParameter)

string llGetPrimitiveParameter( integer iParameter)

Reciprocal function to llSetPrimitiveParameter.

Useful when you want to use primitive parameters to get input from a user, eg use cut to get InnerAngle and OuterAngle in a Particle Generator.

Azelda

This was discussed back when llSetPrimitiveParameters() was created. Turns out that the "set" function is a few hours' work, but the "get" function is much, much more complicated.

I assume because of typing? So cast to a string (it's done in the prototype above). The caller is responsible for decasting back to whatever the original type is.

Do you have a specific reason why Get could be harder than Set?

Azelda

Edit:

I'm assuming it probably is because of typing and multiplexing. This can actually be done very simply and easily:

- cast everything to a string
- join with -=- as the delimiter

Example:

string sReturn = llGetPrimitiveParameter( PRIM_OBJECT_TYPE );
list sValues = llParseString2List( sReturn, ["-=-"], [] );

integer iObjectType = (integer)llList2String( sValues, 0 );

if( iObjectType == PRIM_TYPE_CONE )
{
   vector vCut = (vector)llList2String( sValues, 1 );
   float fTwist = (float)llList2String( sValues, 2 );
   float fHollow = (float)llList2String( sValues, 3 );
   vector vTopSize = (vector)llList2String( sValues, 4 );
}

Or even better, just return a list.

The calliee can just put the values as they are in the list to return and the caller can just check the type of something with llGetListEntryType.

==Chris