[Battousai-sama]

cant understand keyvalues for the life of me through wiki kv

PHP Code:

"MyFile"
{
    "general"
    {
        "steamid"        "value"
        "steamid"        "value"
        "steamid"        "value"
    }
} 


i want to get each steamid with its appropriate value saved to a variable
then use a anyfunction(steamid, value) on given steamid from that list

[B3none]

I'd suggest looking around at other plugins that use KeyValues. You should also have a read of the functions available to you @Key Values API.

[ThatOneGuy]

Each "key" must be unique for each section. Redo your setup as:

PHP Code:

"MyFile"
{
    "general"
    {
        "Some Setup Name"
        {
            "steamid"        "value1"
        }
        
        "Another Setup Name"
        {
            "steamid"        "value2"
        }
        
        "Blah"
        {
            "steamid"        "value3"
        }
    }
} 


This puts each in their own setup. Then, you just need to work down to that level. Check out the links the previous poster put up for how to traverse the kv tree and combine with the wiki.

[ddhoward]

Updater is able to handle multiple keys with the same name within the same subkey. Second post, section titled "Update File Format."

Maybe see how he did it?

[asherkin]

Originally Posted by ddhoward Updater is able to handle multiple keys with the same name within the same subkey. Second post, section titled "Update File Format." Maybe see how he did it?

Updater uses SMC, not KeyValues.

[Fyren]

Originally Posted by ThatOneGuy Each "key" must be unique for each section.

This is not true. However, if you use the same key you will have no choice but to iterate over them since you can't just jump to the one you want.

[Battousai-sama]

@b3none, thats pretty much same as the other wiki i dont really understand how they work tried reading plugins to see how they use it, every1 has their own method of usage which makes it even more confusing

@TOG, even if i wan store all thats in that setup i have stated in an array[][]?

@ddh, isnt update to update plugins or something o.o? dont see connection with storing keyvalues into arrays and using them

@Fyren, iterate as in store all of it and read for specific part ya? or u meant something else

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by Fyren This is not true. However, if you use the same key you will have no choice but to iterate over them since you can't just jump to the one you want.

Good point.

[ambn]

PHP Code:

stock void GetKeyData(char SteamId[32], char[] KvPath)
{
    char FoundSteamId[32];
    Handle kv = CreateKeyValues("MyFiles");
    FileToKeyvalues(kv, KvPath);
    if(KvJumpToKey(kv, general, false))
    {
        KvGotoFirstSubKey(kv, false);
        do
        {
            KvGetSectionName(kv, FoundSteamId, sizeof(FoundSteamId));
            if(StrEqual(FoundSteamId, SteamId))
            {
                char Value[32];
                KvGetString(kv, FoundSteamId, Value, sizeof(Value));
                PrintToServer("[SM] The value of kv file is %s", Value);
                break;
            }
            else
                continue;
        }
        while(KvGotoNextKey(kv));
    }
} 


I'm not sure if it's gonna work or not cause it's my first time did things like this

[ddhoward]

Originally Posted by Battousai-sama @ddh, isnt update to update plugins or something o.o? dont see connection with storing keyvalues into arrays and using them

Did you even look at the part of the post that I mentioned? This is how an updater txt file is formatted:

PHP Code:

"Updater"
{
    "Information"
    {
        "Version"
        {
            "Latest"    "1.0.1"
        }
        
        "Notes"    "More info @ www.sourcemod.net. Changes in 1.0.1:"
        "Notes"    "Added new Batman model"
        "Notes"    "Minor code changes"
    }
    
    "Files"
    {
        "Plugin"    "Path_SM/plugins/myplugin.smx"
        "Plugin"    "Path_SM/translations/myplugin.phrases.txt"
        "Plugin"    "Path_SM/translations/ru/myplugin.phrases.txt"
        "Plugin"    "Path_Mod/models/characters/batman.mdl"
        "Plugin"    "Path_Mod/materials/models/characters/batman.vmt"
        
        "Source"    "Path_SM/scripting/myplugin.sp"
    }
} 


My suggestion was to see how the Updater plugin itself parses this information. (As asherkin pointed out, Updater uses SMC, which is similar but not identical to KeyValues.)