I have a script which basically changes a characters name and rank if the command CharRankPromote is used. Initially, the automatic name given to the player would be something like TEXT-RANK-TEXT (or something or other), but recent changes in my mind resulted in the need to make a new system being just: RANK NAME. However, the current code does not recognize this new name format, would there be an easy fix? This is the code in question:
for index, rank in next, targetRanks do
if (string.find(name, "[%D+]" .. rank .. "[%D+]")) then
if (newRank == index) then
return "#cRankSameRank", name, rank
end
The string (name, "[%D+]" .. rank .. "[%D+]") would promote someone with the same TEXT-RANK.TEXT:TEST, as it could identify the rank in the name. I'd like to change it so it could identify the rank in the format "RANK NAME," with a space in between (with the string only focusing on the word at the front.
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can someone help me figure out how to select cases containing number 1, for example I coded nausea as side effect as 1 and was then noting it with other side effects as 1234 and now i wan to select all combinations with 1 but i cant figure out how. Or at least how to properly name what I am trying to achieve, since I am fairly new to spss so I can try to further search online.
I have tried variable = 1 and variable = 1 and neither worked and a few random commands that did not work either. I have put the variable as string and did not change anything either.
Once you change the variable into text you can use text search commands to find "1" within the text, like this for example:
compute nausea=(char.index(YourVariable,"1")>0).
char.index command searches for "1" in YourVariable - if it is there, it will output it's position in the text. If it isn't there, the output is 0. So nausea will get a value of 1 in all cases that contain "1" and will gat a value of 0 in all cases that don't.
NOTE - if you get as high as 10 in your numbers, this method will fail, as "10" contains "1". In order for any method to work here, you'd need to add a delimiter between the numbers when you record them, e.g. "1,3,8,17,22".
Our task is create a table, and read values to the table using a loop. Print the values after the process is complete. - Create a table. - Read the number of values to be read to the table. - Read the values to the table using a loop. - Print the values in the table using another loop. for this we had written code as
local table = {}
for value in ipairs(table) do
io.read()
end
for value in ipairs(table) do
print(value)
end
not sure where we went wrong please help us. Our exception is
Input (stdin)
3
11
22
abc
Your Output (stdout)
~ no output ~
Expected Output
11
22
abc
Correct Code is
local table1 = {}
local x = io.read()
for line in io.lines() do
table.insert(table1, line)
end
for K, value in ipairs(table1) do
print(value)
end
Let's walk through this step-by-step.
Create a table.
Though the syntax is correct, table is a reserved pre-defined global name in Lua, and thus cannot should not be declared a variable name to avoid future issues. Instead, you'll need to want to use a different name. If you're insistent on using the word table, you'll have to distinguish it from the function global table. The easiest way to do this is change it to Table, as Lua is a case-sensitive language. Therefore, your table creation should look something like:
local Table = {}
Read values to the table using a loop.
Though Table is now established as a table, your for loop is only iterating through an empty table. It seems your goal is to iterate through the io.read() instead. But io.read() is probably not what you want here, though you can utilize a repeat loop if you wish to use io.read() via table.insert. However, repeat requires a condition that must be met for it to terminate, such as the length of the table reaching a certain amount (in your example, it would be until (#Table == 4)). Since this is a task you are given, I will not provide an example, but allow you to research this method and use it to your advantage.
Print the values after the process is complete.
You are on the right track with your printing loop. However, it must be noted that iterating through a table always returns two results, an index and a value. In your code, you would only return the index number, so your output would simply return:
1
2
3
4
If you are wanting the actual values, you'll need a placeholder for the index. Oftentimes, the placeholder for an unneeded variable in Lua is the underscore (_). Modify your for loop to account for the index, and you should be set.
Try modifying your code with the suggestions I've given and see if you can figure out how to achieve your end result.
Edited:
Thanks, Piglet, for corrections on the insight! I'd forgotten table itself wasn't a function, and wasn't reserved, but still bad form to use it as a variable name whether local or global. At least, it's how I was taught, but your comment is correct!
I have a list of data with a title column (among many other columns) and I have a Power BI parameter that has, for example, a value of "a,b,c". What I want to do is loop through the parameter's values and remove any rows that begin with those characters.
For example:
Title
a
b
c
d
Should become
Title
d
This comma separated list could have one value or it could have twenty. I know that I can turn the parameter into a list by using
parameterList = Text.Split(<parameter-name>,",")
but then I am unsure how to continue to use that to filter on. For one value I would just use
#"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Table", each Text.StartsWith([key], <value-to-filter-on>))
but that only allows one value.
EDIT: I may have worded my original question poorly. The comma separated values in the parameterList can be any number of characters (e.g.: a,abcd,foo,bar) and I want to see if the value in [key] starts with that string of characters.
Try using List.Contains to check whether the starting character is in the parameter list.
each List.Contains(parameterList, Text.Start([key], 1)
Edit: Since you've changed the requirement, try this:
Table.SelectRows(
#"Table",
(C) => not List.AnyTrue(
List.Transform(
parameterList,
each Text.StartsWith(C[key], _)
)
)
)
For each row, this transforms the parameterList into a list of true/false values by checking if the current key starts with each text string in the list. If any are true, then List.AnyTrue returns true and we choose not to select that row.
Since you want to filter out all the values from the parameter, you can use something like:
= Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each List.Contains(Parameter1,Text.Start([Title],1))=false)
Another way to do this would be to create a custom column in the table, which has the first character of title:
= Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "FirstChar", each Text.Start([Title],1))
and then use this field in the filter step:
= Table.SelectRows(#"Added Custom", each List.Contains(Parameter1,[FirstChar])=false)
I tested this with a small sample set and it seems to be running fine. You can test both and see if it helps with the performance. If you are still facing performance issues, it would probably be easier if you can share the pbix file.
This seems to work fairly well:
= List.Select(Source[Title], each Text.Contains(Parameter1,Text.Start(_,1))=false)
Replace Source with the name of your table and Parameter1 with the name of your Parameter.
I have a table that is linked to Access to return the results of emails into a folder. All of the emails being returned will be answering the same questions. I need to parse this email body text from this table and update several fields of another table with this data. The problem is that the linked table brings the text in super messy. Even though I have the email that is being returned all nicely formatted in a table, it comes back into access a hot mess full of extra spacing. I want to open a recordset based on the linked table (LinkTable), and then parse the LinkTable.Body field somehow so I can update another table with clean data. The data that is coming back into LinkTable looks like this:
Permit? (Note: if yes, provide specific permit type in Additional Requirements section)
No
Phytosanitary Certificate? (Note: if recommended, input No and complete Additional Requirements section)
Yes
Additional Requirements: if not applicable, indicate NA or leave blank (Type of permit required, container labeling, other agency documents, other)
Double containment, The labeling or declaration must provide the following information: -The kind, variety, and origin of each lot of seed -The designation “hybrid” when the lot contains hybrid seed -If the seed was treated, the name of the substance or p
The answer of the first two should either be yes or no, so I figured I could set up code with case statements and based on a match I should place yes or no in the corresponding field in my real table (not sure how to deal with the extra spaces here), The third one could have any number of responses, but it is the last question so anything after the "(Type of permit required, container labeling, other agency documents, other)" could be taken and placed in the other table. Does anyone have any ideas how I could set this up? I am at a bit of a loss, especially with how to deal with all of the extra spaces and how to grab all of the text after the Additional Requirements paragraph. Thank you in advance!
My select statement to get the body text looks like this:
Set rst1 = db.OpenRecordset("SELECT Subject, Contents FROM LinkTable WHERE Subject like '*1710'")
There are multiple ways to do this, one is using Instr() and Len() to find beginning and end of the fixed questions, then Mid() to extract the answers.
But I think using Split() is easier. It's best explained with commented code.
Public Sub TheParsing()
' A string constant that you expect to never come up in the Contents, used as separator for Split()
Const strSeparator = "##||##"
Dim rst1 As Recordset
Dim S As String
Dim arAnswers As Variant
Dim i As Long
S = Nz(rst1!Contents, "")
' Replace all the constant parts (questions) with the separator
S = Replace(S, "Permit? (Note: if yes, provide specific permit type in Additional Requirements section)", strSeparator)
' etc. for the other questions
' Split the remaining string into a 0-based array with the answers
arAnswers = Split(S, strSeparator)
' arAnswers(0) contains everything before the first question (probably ""), ignore that.
' Check that there are 3 answers
If UBound(arAnswers) <> 3 Then
' Houston, we have a problem
Stop
Else
For i = 1 To 3
' Extract each answer
S = arAnswers(i)
' Remove whitespace: CrLf, Tab
S = Replace(S, vbCrLf, "")
S = Replace(S, vbTab, "")
' Trim the remaining string
S = Trim(S)
' Now you have the cleaned up string and can use it
Select Case i
Case 1: strPermit = S
Case 2: strCertificate = S
Case 3: strRequirements = S
End Select
Next i
End If
rst1.MoveNext
' etc
End Sub
This will fail if the constant parts (the questions) have been altered. But so will all other straightforward methods.
First of all: I'm an inexperienced coder and just started reading PiL. I only know a thing or two but I'm fast learning and understanding. This method is really unnecessary but I sort of want to give myself a hard time in order to learn more.
Okay so for testing and for getting to know the language more, I'm trying to grab two different values from two different files and storing them in tables
local gamemap = file.Read("addons/easymap/data/maplist.txt", "GAME")
local mapname = string.Explode( ",", gamemap )
local mapid = file.Read("addons/easymap/data/mapid.txt", "GAME")
local id = string.Explode( ",", mapid )
I'm grabbing two values which in the end are mapname and id
Once I have them, I know that using
for k, v in pairs(mapname)
It will give specific values to the data taken from the file, or at least assign them.
But what I need to do with the both tables is that if there is certain map in the server, check for the value in the table unless the map name is nil and then once having the name, grab the value of that map and match it with the id of the other file.
For example, I have in the maplist.txt file gm_construct and it is the first entry [1] and its corresponding id in mapid.txt lets say it is 54321 and it is also the first entry [1].
But now I must check the server's current map with game.GetMap function, I have that solved and all, I grab the current map, match it with the mapname table and then check for its corresponding value in the id table, which would be gm_construct = 1.
For example it would be something like
local mapdl = game.GetMap()
local match = mapname[mapdl]
if( match != nil )then --supposing the match isn't nil and it is in the table
--grab its table value, lets say it is 1 and match it with the one in the id table
It is a more complex version of this http://pastebin.com/3652J8Pv
I know it is unnecessary but doing this script will give me more options to expand the script further.
TL;DR: I need to find a function that lets me match two values coming from different tables and files, but in the end they are in the same order ([1] = [1]) in both files. Or a way to fetch a full table from another file. I don't know if a table can be loaded globally and then grabbed by another file to use it in that file.
I'm sorry if I'm asking too much, but where I live, if you want to learn to program, you have to do it on your own, no schools have classes or anything similar, at least not until University, and I'm far away from even finishing High School.
Edit: this is intended to be used on Garry's mod. The string.Explode is explained here: http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/string/Explode
It basically separates phrases by a designated character, in this case, a comma.
Okay. If I understand correctly... You have 2 Files with data.
One with Map Names
gm_construct,
gm_flatgrass,
de_dust2,
ttt_waterworld
And One with IDs, Numbers, Whataver (related to the entries at the same position in the Map Names File
1258,
8592,
1354,
2589
And now you want to find the ID of the current Map, right?
Here is your Function
local function GetCurrentMapID()
-- Get the current map
local cur_map = game.GetMap()
-- Read the Files and Split them
local mapListRaw = file.Read("addons/easymap/data/maplist.txt", "GAME")
local mapList= string.Explode(",", mapListRaw)
local mapIDsRaw = file.Read("addons/easymap/data/mapid.txt", "GAME")
local mapIDs = string.Explode(",", mapIDsRaw)
-- Iterate over the whole map list
for k, v in pairs(mapList) do
-- Until you find the current map
if (v == cur_map) then
-- then return the value from mapIDs which is located at the same key (k)
return mapIDs[k]
end
end
-- Throw a non-breaking error if the current map is not in the Maplist
ErrorNoHalt( "Current map is not registered in the Maplist!\n" )
end
Code could have errors 'cause I couldn't test it. Pls Comment with error if so.
Source: My Experience and the GMod Wiki