[imindfreak]

Greetings,

I can't seem to get my vaultdata to parse properly for a Pokemod Auction House plugin.

Vault Information
Vaultkey is stored as (AUCTIONS-%d), ex. (AUCTIONS-1).
Vaultdata is stored as 191 1 ; 1507788754 ; 0 0 ; iMiNDFREAK ; STEAM_0:0:12345678 ; 25000
(191 1 means a pokemon #191 level 1, 1507788754 is the timestamp, 0 0 is just a double zero added for a formatting reason, iMiNDFREAK is the player name, STEAM ID is steam ID, the 25000 at the end is the price).

CODE :

PHP Code:

public LoadAuctions()
{
    if( g_iEmpty != 0 )
        g_iEmpty = -1
    new vaultkey[64],vaultdata[256], timestamp;
    new parsedsteamid[35],parsedname[32],parsedzero[8],parsedtimestamp[12],parsedpoke[8],parsedlevel[8], parsedprice[9]
    
    for( new i = 1; i < MAX_AUCTIONS; i++ )
    {
        format(vaultkey,63,"AUCTIONS-%d", i);
        if( nvault_lookup(record, vaultkey, vaultdata, 255, timestamp) )
        {
            nvault_get(record,vaultkey,vaultdata,255);
            if( equali( vaultdata, "" ) )
            {
                if( g_iEmpty == 0 || g_iEmpty == -1 )
                    g_iEmpty = i
            }
            else
            {
                replace_all(vaultdata, 255, ";", " ")
                parse

(vaultdata,parsedpoke,7,parsedlevel,7,parsedtimestamp,11,parsedzero,7,parsedname,31,parsedsteamid,34,parsedprice, 8)
                g_iPoke[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedpoke )
                g_iPrice[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedprice )
                g_iLevel[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedlevel )
                g_iTimestamp[ i ] = str_to_num ( parsedtimestamp )

                formatex( g_iDoubleZero[ i ], 8, "%s",parsedzero )
                formatex( g_szSteamid[ i ], 35, "%s",parsedsteamid )
                formatex( g_szPlayername[ i ], 32, "%s",parsedname )
            }
        }
        else if( g_iEmpty == 0 || g_iEmpty == -1 )
            g_iEmpty = i
    }
} 


Thank you for your help everyone!

EDIT: Solved - See Last Post!

[GrimmReaper]

Use enums it's easier.
Exolentnjr's tutorial here

[Black Rose]

The code you posted doesn't even compile. Can't test it.

[KiLLeR.]

Originally Posted by imindfreak 1. In ShowAuctions menu, all Pokemon in the menu listing have a price of 0. This value is stored in g_iPrice but for some reason always shows 0.

Looking at the code, I think I found your fault for this problem. This is your vault data string:

191 1 ; 1507788754 ; 0 0 ; iMiNDFREAK ; STEAM_0:0:12345678 ; 25000

When you replace ; with space you get this:

191 1   1507788754   0 0   iMiNDFREAK   STEAM_0:0:12345678   25000

and parsedzero string will be only the first zero, parsedname will be 2nd zero and so on...

I decided to make a little test. Here is the test code:

new vaultdata[256] = "191 1 ; 1507788754 ; 0 0 ; iMiNDFREAK ; STEAM_0:0:12345678 ; 25000";
replace_all(vaultdata, 255, ";", " ");
server_print("Replaced string: { %s }", vaultdata);
    
new arg1[8],arg2[8],arg3[12],arg4[8],arg5[32],arg6[35],arg7[9];
parse(vaultdata,arg1,7,arg2,7,arg3,11,arg4,7,arg5,31,arg6,34,arg7, 8);
    
server_print("#: %s", arg1);
server_print("Level: %s", arg2);
server_print("Timestamp: %s", arg3);
server_print("Zeros: %s", arg4);
server_print("Player Name: %s", arg5);
server_print("Player SteamID: %s", arg6);
server_print("Price: %s", arg7);

and the result:

Replaced string: { 191 1   1507788754   0 0   iMiNDFREAK   STEAM_0:0:12345678   25000 }
#: 191
Level: 1
Timestamp: 1507788754
Zeros: 0
Player Name: 0
Player SteamID: iMiNDFREAK
Price: STEAM_0:

To fix this actually you need to add quotes to zeros and SteamID:

"191 1 ; 1507788754 ; ^"0 0^" ; iMiNDFREAK ; ^"STEAM_0:0:12345678^" ; 25000"

and the result:

Replaced string: { 191 1   1507788754   "0 0"   iMiNDFREAK   "STEAM_0:0:12345678"   25000 }
#: 191
Level: 1
Timestamp: 1507788754
Zeros: 0 0
Player Name: iMiNDFREAK
Player SteamID: STEAM_0:0:12345678
Price: 25000

It seems this is the problem for zero prices.

[imindfreak]

I just applied the changes but it still does the same thing and I'm really not sure why...
I looked into the vaultdata and it was formatted just like the proposed new version but still failed.
I even removed the double zero as a part of vaultdata being stored for each user and it still does the same thing.
It's definitely a parsing issue or the formatting of vault data.

[KiLLeR.]

You should start debugging a.k.a testing. For example:

g_iPoke[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedpoke )
g_iPrice[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedprice )
g_iLevel[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedlevel )
g_iTimestamp[ i ] = str_to_num ( parsedtimestamp )

formatex( g_iDoubleZero[ i ], 8, "%s",parsedzero ) // for those use copy(g_iDoubleZero[ i ], charsmax(g_iDoubleZero[ i ]), parsedzero)
formatex( g_szSteamid[ i ], 35, "%s",parsedsteamid )
formatex( g_szPlayername[ i ], 32, "%s",parsedname )

server_print("iPoke: %d | g_iLevel: %d | ....", g_iPoke(i), .... ) // here check if everything is loaded correctly into the global vars. 

After that test if your g_iPrice holds proper values, then you have to debug everything that where g_iPrice is used and print message in console to check if everything is OK!
Searching and debugging are key skills for programmers!?!

[imindfreak]

Originally Posted by KiLLeR. Looking at the code, I think I found your fault for this problem. This is your vault data string: 191 1 ; 1507788754 ; 0 0 ; iMiNDFREAK ; STEAM_0:0:12345678 ; 25000 When you replace ; with space you get this: 191 1 1507788754 0 0 iMiNDFREAK STEAM_0:0:12345678 25000 and parsedzero string will be only the first zero, parsedname will be 2nd zero and so on... I decided to make a little test. Here is the test code: new vaultdata[256] = "191 1 ; 1507788754 ; 0 0 ; iMiNDFREAK ; STEAM_0:0:12345678 ; 25000"; replace_all(vaultdata, 255, ";", " "); server_print("Replaced string: { %s }", vaultdata);     new arg1[8],arg2[8],arg3[12],arg4[8],arg5[32],arg6[35],arg7[9]; parse(vaultdata,arg1,7,arg2,7,arg3,11,arg4,7,arg5,31,arg6,34,arg7, 8);     server_print("#: %s", arg1); server_print("Level: %s", arg2); server_print("Timestamp: %s", arg3); server_print("Zeros: %s", arg4); server_print("Player Name: %s", arg5); server_print("Player SteamID: %s", arg6); server_print("Price: %s", arg7); and the result: Replaced string: { 191 1 1507788754 0 0 iMiNDFREAK STEAM_0:0:12345678 25000 } #: 191 Level: 1 Timestamp: 1507788754 Zeros: 0 Player Name: 0 Player SteamID: iMiNDFREAK Price: STEAM_0: To fix this actually you need to add quotes to zeros and SteamID: "191 1 ; 1507788754 ; ^"0 0^" ; iMiNDFREAK ; ^"STEAM_0:0:12345678^" ; 25000" and the result: Replaced string: { 191 1 1507788754 "0 0" iMiNDFREAK "STEAM_0:0:12345678" 25000 } #: 191 Level: 1 Timestamp: 1507788754 Zeros: 0 0 Player Name: iMiNDFREAK Player SteamID: STEAM_0:0:12345678 Price: 25000 It seems this is the problem for zero prices.

Originally Posted by KiLLeR. You should start debugging a.k.a testing. For example: g_iPoke[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedpoke ) g_iPrice[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedprice ) g_iLevel[ i ] = str_to_num( parsedlevel ) g_iTimestamp[ i ] = str_to_num ( parsedtimestamp ) formatex( g_iDoubleZero[ i ], 8, "%s",parsedzero ) // for those use copy(g_iDoubleZero[ i ], charsmax(g_iDoubleZero[ i ]), parsedzero) formatex( g_szSteamid[ i ], 35, "%s",parsedsteamid ) formatex( g_szPlayername[ i ], 32, "%s",parsedname ) server_print("iPoke: %d | g_iLevel: %d | ....", g_iPoke(i), .... ) // here check if everything is loaded correctly into the global vars. After that test if your g_iPrice holds proper values, then you have to debug everything that where g_iPrice is used and print message in console to check if everything is OK! Searching and debugging are key skills for programmers!?!

After thorough debugging, the solution proposed by KiLLeR worked.

For knowledge purposes for anyone else with a parsing issue -

The problem was the spacing between the parsing which resulting in Player Name being 0 and so on.
If you wish to parse text that has space between it, you need to add the escape quotes ^"Text Here^" for it to be parsed.
The solution to the problem was adding escape quotes to the g_iDoubleZero and g_szPlayername.
I didn't seem to need to add g_szSteamid in quotes as there is no space between a SteamID.

[KiLLeR.]

Originally Posted by imindfreak I didn't seem to need to add g_szSteamid in quotes as there is no space between a SteamID.

Check again my tests (code/result) and if you wish even test it (just put it in plugin_init and look at server start in console). SteamID without quotes isn't parsed correctly due to colons :