[tenub]

I'm trying to write a simple Redis client for publishing data to a Redis server. This is a project for me to learn Pawn/AMXX basics.

I come from a JavaScript background so things are a bit strange to me. I wrote the following function to format a command for RESP (Redis protocol) in about 2 minutes in JS:

PHP Code:

function FormatCommandRESP(commandString) {
    const __newline = "\\r\\n";
    var commandArray = commandString.trim().split(/\s+/);
    var commandArraySize = commandArray.length;

    return '*' + commandArraySize + __newline + commandArray.map(function(string) {
        return '$' + string.length + __newline + string;
    }).join(__newline) + __newline;
} 


but I am struggling to write something similar as part of an AMXX plugin:

PHP Code:

stock FormatCommandRESP(commandString[256])
{
    new respCommand[256]
    new commandArray[64][256]
    new commandArraySize

    commandArraySize = explode_string(commandString, " ", commandArray, 64, 127)

    for (new i=0; i<commandArraySize; i++)
    {
        format(commandArray[i], 255, "$%d\r\n%s", strlen(commandArray[i]), commandArray[i])
    }

    implode_strings(commandArray, commandArraySize, "\r\n", respCommand, 255)

    format(respCommand, 255, "*%d\r\n%s\r\n", commandArraySize, respCommand)

    return respCommand
} 


Could someone help me understand better how to do this correctly/optimally?

For those unfamiliar with JS or Redis, here is how the protocol works: http://redis.io/topics/protocol

[Black Rose]

I don't really understand. Are you trying to send CRLF or "\r\n" in text form?
It seems to be wrong in both JS and Pawn example.
The control char in Pawn is ^, not \.