Reading variable values from object description?

I've seen gadgets that are set up that way ... several values are stored in the object description, separated by commas, and the script reads them out. I know I can read the description with llGetObjectDesc(), but how do I assign one of several comma-separated values to a variable?

Hi Dylan! I usually convert them to a list, for example this object description contained a list of 3 comma-delimited numbers that are the x,y,z location coordinates to teleport to:

destination = llParseString2List(llGetObjectDesc(),[","],[]);
targetPos.x = llList2Float(destination,0);
targetPos.y = llList2Float(destination,1);
targetPos.z = llList2Float(destination,2);

If generic users are configuring the script using the description, you may want to clean it up a bit using llToUpper/Lower or llStringTrim before parsing.

By the way, the other day you posted a prim question about an awesome circular building ... I'm building a similar one and would like to take a look at that one for proportions. Could you let me know where it is?

TIA!
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NOTE: as of Jan 31, 2008 all object names are truncated to 63 characters. (as per Jira SVC-674).
It used to be 256 characters long
The Object description is limited to 127 characters

Thanks Nika, that's exactly what I was looking for.

You'll find the building here:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Plush%20River%20VII/165/111/23