Set
Revision as of 03:46, 17 April 2006 by imported>JOG
Sets a local or global variable to a specified value. This value can be a number or an expression.
set a to 2
set b to a*a
set c to (b - a)*b - a
set d to ((3* -b+a) - c)/ -2
message "a=%.0f, b=%.0f, c=%.0f, d=%.0f" a b c d ; ("a=2, b=4, c=6, d=8")
set stage to getstage quest1 + 10
As you see, when you put a minus right in front of a variable the variable will be negated. To acomplish this, the parser needs you to put spaces arount all minuses that are operators instead of signs. If you use "a-b" in the above example, the script doesn't compile; it needs to be "a - b".