Holding multiple, testable values in one variable

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1

I might be getting too fancy, but is there a way to do this that works instead of not working?

    *label holdtest
    Pick multiple colors.
      *choice
        *disable_reuse #Blue.
          *set color &"blue, "
          *goto holdtest
        *disable_reuse #Red.
          *set color &"red, "
          *goto holdtest
        *disable_reuse #Yellow.
          *set color &"yellow, "
          *goto holdtest
        #Test the color variable.
          *goto holdtest2
    *finish
    *label holdtest2
    You picked: $!{color} and that's all. Pick a color to see if choicescript can determine if the color is contained in the list or not.
    *choice
      #Blue.
        *if (color = "blue, ")
          Blue is a color in the list.
        *if (color != "blue, ")
          Either blue is not a color in the list, or choicescript failed to recognize it in the color list.  
        *goto holdtest2
      #Red.
        *if (color = "red, ")
             Red is a color in the list.
        *if (color != "red, ")
          Either red is not a color in the list, or choicescript failed to recognize it in the color list.
        *goto holdtest2
      #Yellow.
        *if (color = "yellow, ")
          Yellow is a color in the list.
        *if (color != "yellow, ")
          Either yellow is not a color in the list, or choicescript failed to recognize it in the color list.
        *goto holdtest2
    *finish

(I’ve tried it with both “if (color = “blue”)” and "if (color = "blue, “)” and neither work, unless the color picked was the only color picked.) Do I just have to suck it up and make separate “blue,” “red,” and “yellow” boolean variables?

2

Assuming I’m understanding what you’re asking, yes. You can’t extract part of a string from a variable. So “blue, red” != “blue”. Only “blue” = “blue”.

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3

Yes, that’s exactly what I was asking — and what I was hoping was not the answer. Oh well, at least I already have a workaround in mind. Onwards and upwards!

5

If you do come up with a workable solution please let us know, as it’s something that could be useful in various situations to streamline code.

6

This is something that I’ve been wanting as well. I’ve done some experimentation, but it seems that even if it is seemingly possible to simulate extracting part of a string, you’ll end up using just as many variables, or perhaps even more so than if you had done it another way.

*create d "a"
*create n "n"
*create a "d"
*create dna ""
*create anf "not"

*set dna ((d&n)&a)

${dna}
*set a "f"
*set dna ((d&n)&a)
${d}
${n}
${a}
${dna}

*if (dna = ((d&n)&a))
	Hello, 
*if (dna = "anf")
	this is true, 
*if (dna = ((d&n)&"f"))
	and so is this. 
*if ({dna} = "not")
	This as well.

This will return;

and a n f anf 
Hello, this is true, and so is this. This as well.

I can’t really see a use for this method though.

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