llString2Link()

OOPS... there isn't one. There is something close: llParseString2List

But I was not able to understand how to get:

string mystring="abcdef";

list mylist = llParseString2List(mystring,????????);

so that mylist would be "["a", "b", "c", "d", "e","f"]"

is there a way?

Are you wanting to create a list of each charater in the string as a separate element? If so something like:

for(i=0; i<llGetStringLength(myString); ++i)
{
myList+=llGetSubString(myString, i, i);
}

ought to do the trick...

To clarify the above a little more, unless you really need the list, you would normally leave the string intact and use llGetSubString() to extrapolate portions of it.

--Jack Lambert

The reason I wanted to extract the characters to a list was because I want to manipulate each character separately. So I will use the substring method that Eloise mentioned. I was trying NOT to do that... but try as I might, that seems like it will not work.

Next, I thought, ok, now where is my list replacement function... once again there isn't one. The Wiki offers:

// replaces item number _pos_ in list _dest_ with list _src_
// negative values for _pos_ means count from the end of 
// the list instead, so a _pos_ of -1 means replace the last item in the list
list ListReplaceList(list dest, list src, integer pos) {
    if (pos < 0) pos = llGetListLength(dest) + pos;
    return llListInsertList(llDeleteSubList(dest, pos, pos), src, pos);
}

I see that it says list "replaces item number _pos_ in list _dest_ with list _src_"

with the list: list MyList = "["a", "b", "c", "d", "e","f"]";

if I did ListReplaceList(Mylist, "["X"]",2)

would that result with:

["a", "b", "X", "d", "e","f"]

? (seeing as how the first element in the list is indexed at zero?

Yes, as I understand it, although I've not actually tried the code out.

Thanks again Eloise for the reply.

I just tried it. At first glipse it compiles, but does not seem to work. Details:

By the way, good code for the separation of the bits in the string to the list. That part worked well, and I did a test "for loop" to prove it.

So now, I'm in the middle of a for loop... matching parts of two lists.

When the parts match, I am re-writing them so they are SURE not to match again.

I THOUGHT I would be able to do this:
assuming the "i" is the incrementing element in the for loop...

ListReplaceList(lList, ["X"], i);

Should that not replace the i'th element in 'lList'

So for example, if i = 2 should be the 3rd digit. (0, 1, 2)...

to test this, I should then be able to:

llWhisper(0, "lList= " + llDumpList2String(lList, "");

and be able to confirm that the 3rd digit changed?

Or am I way out in left field and do not have a clue why?

(anyone?)... I waited to come home and test this and this is what is happening.

I just tried this:

string myString = "abcdef";
list myList;
list newList;

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        integer i;
        for(i=0; i<llStringLength(myString); ++i)
        {
            myList+=llGetSubString(myString, i, i);
        }
    }

    touch_start(integer total_number)
    {
        newList=llListInsertList(llDeleteSubList(myList, 2, 2), ["X"], 2);
        llSay(0, llDumpList2String(newList, "+"));
    }
}

and got this output when I touched it:

Object: a+b+X+d+e+f

I'm peering blearily at your code and wondering what the difference is, but it seems to me that this is working, and that it looks the same as your, except I've hard coded the function call, and missed the reset pos if negative line. Maybe if your eyes and brains are working this will help?

Looking at all this, it seems to me (unless there is further code not listed here) that it would be easier to just keep the text in string form and use similar string manipulation commands to do the same thing without the conversion between string and list and back.

Nah changing the character in the string may not be as helpful as it might sound due to the other manipulations I have to do.

The sad thing is, I pulled the "function" from the Wiki, and it does not seem to do what it says it is supposed to do.

I'll look at Eloise's code again and see if it does what I need.

If not, I'll be back! =)

I was looking for something else when I ran across this wiki entry:

llListReplaceList

So I will have to try this and see if it does the job....?? (where did that come from?)

oh that was very funny. A hoax page....There is no such thing as llListReplaceList!!

What good is the Wiki if people are going to be permitted to post things in there that are just trash?

Not a hoax, that's comming in 1.6

Ok and whew!! I just tried some other tests, and discovered that the wiki example works and probably JUST as I thought it did. I THOUGHT I tested it out, and it did not work the first time and I was sure it wasn't my error... oops...

Thanks to everyone who helped!