[Trigger] String vs Integer saving in Hashtable. What's best?

[TKF]

• CannonTable
  • Hashtable - Save A047 as 4 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
  • Custom script: call SaveInteger(udg_HashTableCannons, udg_Temp_Integer, 5, 'A047')
  • Hashtable - Save h005 as 7 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
  • Custom script: call SaveInteger(udg_HashTableCannons, udg_Temp_Integer, 8, 'h005')

I'm not very used to hashtables, so I'm asking someone who knows this that this can be referred to a casting event and if the unit can be created by the string or the integer value. Which one is the best? I will prefer the one which is most easy to use.

Trigger Part

• CannonTable
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 1.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -------- Cannon Damage Data --------
    • -------- ---- --------
    • -------- Items rawcode array - Temp_Integer --------
    • -------- 0 - Damage (Real) --------
    • -------- 1 - Duration (Real) --------
    • -------- 2 - SpeedType (Integer/Group) (3 settings, moveslow, move and movefast) --------
    • -------- 3 - DamageTypes (Integer) (Crude, Normal, Magical, Spell, Siege, Pierce) --------
    • -------- 4 - Cannon Crude Ability (string) --------
    • -------- 5 - Cannon Crude ability ID (Integer) --------
    • -------- 6 - Cannon Crude ability level (Integer) --------
    • -------- 7 - Unit ID (string) --------
    • -------- 8 - Unit Type ID (Integer) --------
    • -------- ---- --------
    • -------- Basic Cannon (800) ---- --------
    • -------- Cannon Item --------
    • Custom script: set udg_Temp_Integer = 'I01S'
    • Hashtable - Save 200.00 as 0 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
    • Hashtable - Save 1.00 as 1 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
    • Hashtable - Save 1 as 2 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
    • Hashtable - Save 1 as 3 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
    • Hashtable - Save A047 as 4 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
    • Custom script: call SaveInteger(udg_HashTableCannons, udg_Temp_Integer, 5, 'A047')
    • Hashtable - Save h005 as 7 of Temp_Integer in HashTableCannons
    • Custom script: call SaveInteger(udg_HashTableCannons, udg_Temp_Integer, 8, 'h005')

 

[deathismyfriend]

if u want hashtables then integer is the best.

 

[WaterKnight]

Saving the rawId as ascii string only makes sense with functions that actually use this format. Apparently, those are very few. Else you would need to write a function that converts your string and execute it everytime. Not performant.

 

[Almia]

those aren't strings,They are ASCII.
The custom script version is faster than GUI version coz GUI version is just a converted blizzard.j