[HLM]

Hello! I am working on a weapon buy menu. I have already created a function to give the weapons, but now I need to find a way to store all the weapon names as strings with an integer value. for example, (using cs example, but this is NOT for cs! this is ONLY an example)

Player1 say !buy m4a1 code sees !buy trigger, strips '!buy ' from szArg for new i=0 loop through enum? Weapons to see if szArg = a row, if yes {FnGiveWepon(id,Weapons:i?; client_print(id, print_chat, "[AMXX] Bought the %s", szArg); }//szArg is used as I do not know a better way to pull the name from the enum I need an enum because I have added entire weapon slots that give multiple weapons with an integer value offsetting the list ex: enum Weapons { weap1 = 1, weap2, weap3, slot1 = 10, weap4 [= 11], weap5, etc, ..., }

am I right for choosing an enum in this? I was considering a multi-dimensional array, but I don't know if that would be correct for this.

Any and all help would be appreciated.

EDIT: if there is no way around it, I can make it so that the function only uses sequential numbers with no gaps, but I still dont know what I would use to store my data as I need to be able to pull a string and an integer(possibly the row number?) from each value.

[Black Rose]

Are you looking for a weapon index from the name? What is the "integer value"?
If so you'll have to loop a multi-dimensional array. Doing it on a say command is not really a performance issue.

[HLM]

so if im understanding this correctly, ill set up my array in the following manner:

PHP Code:

new const szWeapons[MAX_WEAPONS][MAX_LEN]
{
    0 = "NULL"
    1 = "Weapon 1"
    2 = "Weapon 2"
    3 = "NULL"
    ...
    ...
    10 = "slot1"
} 


something like this? or can I skip empty rows and just go right from the last weapon and set up the weapon slot?

[Black Rose]

I think I understand now.
Normally people use an enumeration to divide the different variables.

enum WeaponData {
    _Integer,
    _String[32]
}

new WeaponArray[MAX_WEAPONS][WeaponData];

// ...
WeaponArray[index][_Integer]
WeaponArray[index][_String]

You could also use dynamic arrays.

If I have misunderstood you, tell me what you're trying to do.

[HLM]

I am trying to find a way to search through the data structure with a chat trigger, when it finds the row (we will call it szArg[i]) I need both a string an and integer value from the row, I dont really care about where it is in the array/enum/struct I just need a way to tie an integer value to a string, like a weaponid + weaponname in one.

[ConnorMcLeod]

I think it would be better and easier to assign to each string ("m4a1") in your example, an array containing slot, price, anything you need, and all of this via a trie.

Something like this :

PHP Code:

enum mWeaponsDatas {
    m_iWeaponIndex,
    m_iWeaponSlot,
    // etc...
}

new Trie:g_tWeaponsData;

public plugin_init()
{
    g_tWeaponsData = TrieCreate();

    new Datas[mWeaponsDatas];

    // "m4a1"
    Datas[ m_iWeaponIndex ] = CSW_M4A1;
    Datas[ m_iWeaponSlot ] = 1
    // etc..;

    TrieSetArray(g_tWeaponsData, "m4a1", Datas);
} 


So in the chat all you have to do is send TrieGetArray() and if that natives returns 1 it means the weapon exists and your array has just been filled with weapon info.

[HLM]

Okay, this is exactly what I need, however instead of manually creating my 'viewable' list of weapon hooks (what the clients have to say to 'buy' the weapons) is there any way I can make a loop to get all of they trie keys? if not, my alternative would be to make a constant multi-dimension array that contains the weapon names.

I will be using this when triegetarray returns 0 to create a motd window that shows the list of proper chat triggers.
Can I add a string as one of the datas in the trie?