How do I capture the parameters typed after spell words?

[Drakkhan]

Consider the spell:

Heal Friend --> exura sio "John"

The string "John" is mysteriously transferred into the (table?) variable "var" in the spell's lau script:

function onCastSpell(cid, var)

How do I use var as a string variable? I want to be able to use the string "John" in my code within the onCastSpell() function...

Regards,

Drakkhan

 

[Drakkhan]

SOLVED: Extensive searching through code produced that var has different types that can be accessed. Consider the following bit of useless code for example:

local type = var.type
--in the above line, type will be an integer
--that references what "type" of parameter
--was put into 'var' (usually this type
--relates to numbers, or text).

local num = var.number
--in the above line, if var.type is a number
--type, 'num' will be an integer which is the
--number value of the input parameter (in
--my case, the string "John" was processed
--and var.number stored John's CID number)

local str = var.text
--in the above line, if var.type is a text type,
--'str' will be a string which is the text value
--of the input provided by the user. I have
--not witnessed this case, yet.

--The solution to my problem
local str = getPlayerName(var.number) --str is "John"

 

[tetra20]

Thanks For Posting the solution

 

[Drakkhan]

No Problem. I usually post my questions here early in the evening and then, as long as no one solve them for me, I try to solve them myself... I hate to be the person who's like "SKRIPT PLSPLSPLS!!!" So I come back and share my results