[asdian]

*edit
i am making a costume plugin. some costumes has name suffix of "w" for women and "m" for men. to make it simple im trying to make a code that detects what character is choosed (w/m) then random costume will bound to that chara based on gender. because the costumes are so many, i'm facing this problem. the costume is named "y19s4coswolfw" for women. it has "y19s4coswolfm" counterpart for men. if men is choosen, costume should be "y19s4coswolfm" whereas for women it should be "y19s4coswolfw". im thinking to simply just rename the suffix, which is "w" to "m" for men. the code below.

if(g_choosensex[id] == 1 /*men*/ && equal(szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-1], "w") /*if choosen cos is have "w" suffix*/)
{
        // replace char
	replace(szChoosenCos, charsmax(szChoosenCos), "w", "m")
			
	new szCheck[64]
	formatex(szCheck, charsmax(szCheck), "models/costume/%s.mdl", szChoosenCos)
	
        // if doesn't exists then delete any suffix
	if(!file_exists(szCheck))
	{
		if(equal(szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-2], "_m")) replace(szChoosenCos, charsmax(szChoosenCos), szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-2], "")
		if(equal(szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-1], "m")) replace(szChoosenCos, charsmax(szChoosenCos), szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-1], "")
	}
}

but the result of renaming is

y19s4cosmolfw

which means the first 'w' from "y19s4coswolfw" is replaced instead the suffix 'w' i want.

Also i've tried :

replace(sz, charsmax(sz), sz[strlen(sz)-1], "m")

which is in my understanding will directed to the suffix but still gave same "y19s4cosmolfw" result.

How can i solve this?

[+ARUKARI-]

sz[4] = 'm';

[asdian]

Originally Posted by +ARUKARI- sz[4] = 'm';

yeah i knew it. of course i want the dynamic way. that was just an example

[damage220]

Please better describe your problem. Do you want to replace all characters that presented in the string two or more times starting from second occurrence?
abcd[a]ef[b][a]g -> abcdefg
Or specific character, or the last one?

[asdian]

Originally Posted by damage220 Please better describe your problem. Do you want to replace all characters that presented in the string two or more times starting from second occurrence? abcd[a]ef[b][a]g -> abcdefg Or specific character, or the last one?

edited the post. sorry for inconvenience..

[damage220]

Originally Posted by asdian edited the post. sorry for inconvenience..

It is much clearer now. So, you need only to change the last character. +ARUKARI- has already posted an answer, you need to edit the last cell in an array.

PHP Code:

szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos) - 1] = 'w'; 


String is an array of characters terminated with null byte. You can replace

PHP Code:

equal(szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-1], "w") 


with

PHP Code:

if(szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-1] == 'w') // note single quote 


Then, if you want to delete the suffix, you should terminate the string with null byte.

PHP Code:

szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos) - 1] = '^0'; 


You can also apply suffix with formatex which may be better depending on your needs.

PHP Code:

formatex(szCheck, charsmax(szCheck), "models/costume/%s_w.mdl", szChoosenCos) 


Or even create a matrix with all the models to speed things up.

PHP Code:

new const models[][][] = {
    {"models/costume/model1_m.mdl", "models/costume/model1_w.mdl"},
    {"models/costume/model2_m.mdl", "models/costume/model2_w.mdl"},
    {"models/costume/model3_m.mdl", "models/costume/model3_w.mdl"},
};

// get first man model
models[0][0] 


[asdian]

Originally Posted by damage220 It is much clearer now. So, you need only to change the last character. +ARUKARI- has already posted an answer, you need to edit last cell in an array. PHP Code: szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos) - 1] = 'w';  String is an array of characters terminated with null byte. You can replace PHP Code: equal(szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-1], "w")  with PHP Code: if(szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos)-1] == 'w') // note single quote  Then, if you want to delete the suffix, you should terminate the string with null byte. PHP Code: szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos) - 1] = '^0';  You can also apply suffix with formatex which may be better depending on your needs. PHP Code: formatex(szCheck, charsmax(szCheck), "models/costume/%s_w.mdl", szChoosenCos)  Or even create a matrix with all the models to speed things up. PHP Code: new const models[][][] = {     {"models/costume/model1_m.mdl", "models/costume/model1_w.mdl"},     {"models/costume/model2_m.mdl", "models/costume/model2_w.mdl"},     {"models/costume/model3_m.mdl", "models/costume/model3_w.mdl"}, }; // get first man model models[0][0]

so there's no need to use replace native ?

also if i want to delete suffix with underscore symbol is it just change

PHP Code: szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos) - 1] = '^0';

to

PHP Code:

szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos) - 2] = '^0'; 


?

[damage220]

replace is not you need according to its description.
"Given a string, replaces the first occurrence of a search string with a
replacement string."

"also if i want to delete suffix with underscore symbol is it just change to ...?"
Yes, but when doing

PHP Code:

szChoosenCos[strlen(szChoosenCos) - 2] = '^0'; 


make sure the string contains at least 2 characters.

[Bugsy]

PHP Code:

new szString[] = "models/costume/model1_w.mdl";
    
//Change w to m and w to m
szString[ strlen( szString ) - 5 ] = 'm';

//Delete underscore and everything after
szString[ strlen( szString ) - 6 ] = EOS; 


[wilian159]

this is certainly not the best way to do it, you can simply make an array with each 'kit' and save it in some variable and then retrieve it with the correct position of the costumes.

like this -> https://bit.ly/3cuYCED