So I'm doing a basic combat system...

Bluntie

I need two things, first and foremost. More shall certainly crop up as I progress.

1. Firstly, I need a way to roll a random number in a certain range - for instance, pick a random number between 1 and 100.
Something along the lines of <<set $number random(0,100)>>, but that doesn't work since it's just my garbage code of course. xD

2. Secondly, I need a way to say "if the resulting number is between, say, 1 and 10, show this Passage".

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this.

Sharpe

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_random.asp
http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_obj_math.asp

<<set $number = Math.floor((Math.random()*10)+1)>>

<<if $number lte 5>>
<<display "passage">>
<<else>>
<<display "Other Passage">>
<<endif>>

Primrose

To add to Sharpe's excellent comment, I just want to say that if you wanted to explicitly check if a variable is between two numbers, then you should probably use something like this:

<<if $number gte 1, lte 5>>
whatever
<<elseif $number gte 6, lte 10>>
blah blah
<<endif>>

The if statement Sharpe gave would only work if you had something to display for every possible number and if the statements were in a certain order.

Good luck!

Sharpe

No, I don't think that's so, Prim, unless I misunderstand you (and that's quite possible since my reading comprehension is rivaled only be plant life).

Mine shows one passage for numbers between 1-5, and another passage for numbers between 6-10, the possible numbers.

The first conditional branch states, "If the number is less than or equal to 5." That's 1-5. The second states, "Otherwise . . ." That's 6-10.

Here's how I personally would handle a conditional branch with more than two entries (though Prim's example certainly works just as well, through it requires several "endif" tags):

<<if $number lte 3>>
The number <<print $number>> is less than or equal to 3.
<<elseif $number gte 4 or $number lte 6>>
The number <<print $number>> is greater than or equal to 4 or less than or equal to 6.
<<elseif $number gte 7 or $number lte 9>>
The number <<print $number>> is greater than or equal to 7 or less than or equal to 9.
<<else>>
The number <<print $number>> is 10.
<<endif>>

See attached is a story file.

Bluntie

So awesome. Thank you very much, guys. Shall experiment with it ASAP!

Bluntie

It works! Thanks a lot.