Item-type to string

[blah900]

Is there a way to convert item-type to string?

So I want to use item-name of item
function but this doesn't allow you to convert item-type to item-name and only allows specific items to be converted.

 

[Bribe]

You have to be grabbing the name from an item that actually does exist, not just a type of item. There is no command that gets the item name of "any item of this type" short of creating a system that does this:

1. Creates new item
2. Saves item name
3. Remove the item and the location leak (if in GUI there will be a location leak)
4. Return the item name to the place you use it

I won't make this in GUI for you, and if you're like most people here you don't know a thing about JASS so that advice wouldn't help you, either.

The best advice for you is to manually type in the name of each item...

 

[blah900]

Well I know the basics of Jass fairly well but I just like using GUI better as it's less prone to errors.

Anyhow, so, if I were to try and make a bazaar system, where I am using a hashtable to store integer values of how many items were sold to a certain shop, and from that compare it with item recipes so as to retrieve an item and put it into the market, I would need to create the actual item itself every single time to compare the items?

Hmm, I guess there really is no other way.

Thanks once again.

 

[Bribe]

Why are you comparing the item names instead of the item types? The item-type comparison is totally sufficient.

Another thing: GUI is far more prone to errors, because the debugging process is insane and often impossible. JASS syntax errors (which you refer to) are the easiest thing in the world to fix, it tells you exactly what the error is.

that is, unless you're using vJass and you see a world of weirdness in the syntax error log.

 

[Berb]

Why are you comparing the item names instead of the item types? The item-type comparison is totally sufficient.

This is true. Why are you comparing the names of the items rather than their item type IDs. They are both integers, and can be compared quite easily in a boolean. It also saves the hassle of when two items have the same name. If your heart is set on the item name, keep reading.

The best advice for you is to manually type in the name of each item...

I should report you.

By the way, the native is GetObjectName, Bribe. Cookie for you. And definitely do not do what Bribe said. Lmao. Pwnt.

 

[Bribe]

/Childish

That is a rather useful function! +rep as always.

 

[Berb]

Yea it was, but it's okay once in awhile. /serious