Not sure if I'm missing something here, but why not use a bitsum to store flags?
Untested:
PHP Code:
new Vip_flags
public _create_vip_flag(plugin, argc) // native
{
new vflag[2] , sString[32]
get_string( 1 , vflag , charsmax( vflag ) )
if( _flags_are_existed( vflag ) )
{
log_error(AMX_ERR_PARAMS, "Error couldn't create a vip flag ^"%s^", it's already created!", sString)
return -1
}
Vip_flags |= read_flags( vflag[ 0 ] )
return FlagCount();
}
public bool:_flags_are_existed( const flags[] ) // native
{
if( !Vip_flags )
{
return false;
}
new iFlagsToCheck = read_flags( flags );
return bool:!!( ( iFlagsToCheck & Vip_flags ) == iFlagsToCheck )
}
public FlagCount()
{
new i = Vip_flags;
i = i - ((i >> 1) & 0x55555555);
i = (i & 0x33333333) + ((i >> 2) & 0x33333333);
return (((i + (i >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F) * 0x01010101) >> 24;
}
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