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How to cycle through Staffcast types

IyeIye
in Client Help
I'm not good with Lua (basic stuff even doesn't work sometimes)

Just wondering the easiest way to use an alias or a keybinding to cycle through different options for a variable (in this cast stafftype...or something)

this is off the top of my head, but I would like to know if I'm close...or if there's anything else I can do:

if stafftype == dissolution then
stafftype=scintilla
cecho("<orangered> SCINTILLA / FIRE CAST")
else if stafftype == scintilla then
stafftype=lightning
cecho("<yellow> LIGHTNING / ELECTRIC CAST")
else if stafftype == lightning then
stafftype=horripilation then
cecho("<cyan> HORRIPILATION / ICE CAST")
else if stafftype == horripilation then
stafftype=dissolution
cecho("<greenyellow> DISSOLUTION / MAGIC CAST")


And my alias for staffcast would be something like:

send ("staffcast "..stafftype.." at "..target)

Any advice (or a code fix :P) would be incredible. Thanks!

Comments

  • JacenJacen
    Need to put your lightning, dissolution, etc in quotes because they're strings

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  • AntoniusAntonius
    edited January 2014
    I'd personally do something like this:

    local staffcastTypes = {"dissolution", "scintilla", "lightning", "horripilation"}
    local staffcastIndex = 1

    function staffcast()
        send("staffcast " .. staffcastTypes[staffcastIndex] .. " at " .. target)
        staffIndex = (staffcastIndex == #staffcastTypes and 1) or (staffcastIndex + 1)
    end

    Then your alias just does:

    staffcast()

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  • IocunIocun
    Just to make it even a tad more elegant, I'd replace
    staffcastIndex = (staffcastIndex == #staffcastTypes and 1) or (staffcastIndex + 1)

    with:
    staffcastIndex = staffcastIndex % #staffcastTypes + 1


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  • AntoniusAntonius
    @Iocun: I've gotten used to Lua not having nice things so didn't want to risk untested use of a modulo. Also changing variable names (staffIndex to staffcastIndex) after writing code is never a good idea...

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