[fiction]

Hello AM, I'm hoping someone can inform me how to parse some KeyValues correctly.

Here is an example of what I need to parse:

PHP Code:

"Root"
{
    "Random Section 1"
    {
        "Random Key 1" "Random Value 1"
        "Random Key 2" "Random Value 2"
    }
} 


Whenever I've used KeyValues in the past I've always known all the possible key names in advance. Now to make the config cleaner I'd like to make the key names part of the data rather than changing the format so it has a whole extra level. I've looked through the KeyValues API section a few times and can't figure out how I'd do this, any help is appreciated

[Vaggelis]

check my code here https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=297636

[fiction]

Originally Posted by Vaggelis check my code here https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=297636

Hey, thanks for your response but it doesn't really solve my issue.

In your plugin you already know the name of the key, in that case it's "Current Money". For example let's say I want to make a plugin where I can filter certain words for certain players and replace them with others, my config might looking something like this:

PHP Code:

"Root" 
{
    "STEAM_1:0:11101"
    {
        "green" "blue"
        "car" "bus"
        "pizza" "fries"
    }
} 


But now I don't know the key names, so I can't use kv.GetString(). To add I plan to put these values into a StringMap for each player, if someone has a better solution to actually storing the data that would be great too.

[Fyren]

Between GotoNextKey, GotoFirstSubKey and GetSectionName (and GetString), you can traverse your KV data.

An alternative would be using a DB to store your data.

Edit: if you don't know the exact layout of your data ahead of time, then GetDataType would also be required to tell subsections from subkeys. But if it's like your example data but with multiple replacements and multiple SteamID sections, you wouldn't need it.

[fiction]

Originally Posted by Fyren Between GotoNextKey, GotoFirstSubKey and GetSectionName (and GetString), you can traverse your KV data. An alternative would be using a DB to store your data. Edit: if you don't know the exact layout of your data ahead of time, then GetDataType would also be required to tell subsections from subkeys. But if it's like your example data but with multiple replacements and multiple SteamID sections, you wouldn't need it.

Is that what the API implies by saying "or NULL_STRING", you can get the current keys value without its name?

[Fyren]

Yes.

[Bacardi]

This one is little different.
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...82&postcount=3

[fiction]

Originally Posted by Bacardi This one is little different. https://forums.alliedmods.net/showpo...82&postcount=3

Appreciate your response, I did play around with what you posted a little but KeyValues seems to lack a clear difference between a section and a key. I've decided to use the SMCParser class instead and that works nicely since it has a callback just for entering sections and another for each key-value.

[Bacardi]

Indeed, smc parser is also good

[Fyren]

Originally Posted by fiction KeyValues seems to lack a clear difference between a section and a key.

In case someone else in the future cares, you can tell the difference using GetDataType.