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Using datamap key/value as passage name?

kiltwearerkiltwearer
in Help! with 2.0
For Harlowe:
(set: $character to (datamap: "Name", "Joe"))

In Twine, I have a passage named
$character's Name

and I am linking to the passage with:
(print: "[[" + $character's Name + "]]")

The Link is correctly being printed as "Joe", but it does not resolve to the a passage titled
$character's Name

I would like to avoid having to name the passage
Joe

Is this possible?

Thanks!

Comments

  • greyelfgreyelf
    Generally it is not a good idea to include extended characters like punctuation in Passage names, because those characters can have special meaning in story formats.

    I suggest renaming your "$character's Name" passage something generic like "Character Sheet" and using code like the following to create your link: 
    (print: "[[" + $character's Name + "->Character Sheet]]")
  • kiltwearerkiltwearer
    Thanks for the reply!

    I have multiple characters, so they each need to have their own sheet. I was hoping to avoid "hardcoding" their names anywhere -- including titles of passages -- in the event I wanted to change a name later so that I could just change it one place.

    I just realized, though, that passages have to be uniquely named, I think, so my plan wasn't going to work anyway.

    Thanks again!
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