local variable not working in setmarkerpos command!

[dmakatra]

Hi! I have this setmarkerpos command yeh? And I want a local variable as the marker name... which is quite screwy 'cause the markername have to be in qoutes. :-\ I've tried using the format command but no luck. What should I do?

"_marker" setmarkerpos getpos _GL
format ["%1" setmarkerpos getpos _GL, _marker]

Above are the two lines I've tried with.

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[Planck]

How are you setting the local variable as the marker name in the first place?

_marker = this select ?

or

_marker = mymarker

or how?

Presuming your marker is named mymarker.




Planck

[dmakatra]

_marker = _this select 3

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[Planck]

Have you tried without the quotes then?

_marker setmarkerpos getpos _GL


Planck

[dmakatra]

Yes, and the command requires qoutes. :-\

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[Chris Death]

errrm Armsty,

_marker is a local variable -> you're right

but:

"_marker" is a string called: "_marker"

When executing your script the line should look like that:

[whatever,whatever,whatever,"markername"] exec "script.sqs"

Now you can say in your script:

_marker = _this select 3

and now you can say:

_marker setMarkerpos getpos _gl

as _marker now represents: "markername"

:edit - btw - another way could have been (in case you wouldn't
execute the script with the markername between quotes);

_marker = format ["%1",_this select 3]

That way you could have put the markernames into quotes
too then.

~S~ CD

[dmakatra]

Oh right! Stupid me. Cheers guys!

I'll lock this when I've tried it out and I have seen that it works (I'm sure it will, just gonna be 100 % ).

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EDIT: #Locked. Puh! Just 20 scripts or so more and then I'm done with the backbone of the mission.