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Is it possible to turn a string into a integer?
Piginawig Lock
Person
Join date: 11 Oct 2006
Posts: 56
04-11-2007 08:29
I currently have this is my script:

string desc = llGetObjectDesc();
string righttime = llGetSubString(desc, 2, 5);


But because the description has to be a string I can't get this to work in the same script:

llSetTimerEvent(60*righttime);

Is there a way to make it so I can multiply 60 by the righttime from the description?


Edit: If you get what I am saying at all.
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Sys Slade
Registered User
Join date: 15 Feb 2007
Posts: 626
04-11-2007 08:34
llSetTimerEvent(60 * (integer)righttime);

There is no verification with this though. Feed it something that doesn't contain just an integer and you'll probably get some unexpected results.
Kenn Nilsson
AeonVox
Join date: 24 May 2005
Posts: 897
04-11-2007 12:26
I've found that if you accidentally feed a script like that with any string who's first character is not an integer, it returns 0. If the first character is an integer, it will read a number until a letter is reached and then stop there.
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Newgate Ludd
Out of Chesse Error
Join date: 8 Apr 2005
Posts: 2,103
04-11-2007 13:26
From: Kenn Nilsson
I've found that if you accidentally feed a script like that with any string who's first character is not an integer, it returns 0. If the first character is an integer, it will read a number until a letter is reached and then stop there.


As Kenn stated casting of strings will terminate at the first unrecognised/illegal character. This is a hold over from the standard C libraries used by the client and actually quite a useful feature at times.
Piginawig Lock
Person
Join date: 11 Oct 2006
Posts: 56
04-11-2007 15:48
Thank you to all that replied, I'll get in-world and test it out.
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