FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

Posted: **Sun Jun 05, 2016 20:21**

I am new to modding so go easy on me. Is there a way for a player to input a string of words in the field box and index key-words in the string they submitted to supply the player an answer through a list of possible answers?

Posted: **Mon Jun 06, 2016 17:22**

First of all, there are basically two questions:
1) How do I use text input fields?
2) Searching a text element in a list

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

Code: Select all: Formspec element for your text input: field[x pos,y pos;width,height;field_name;label text;] Getting the formspec callback (when pressing a button) minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields(function(sender, formname, fields) if formname ~= "formspec_name" then return end if not fields["field_name"] then return end -- String lookup code end)

And now the text value search part:

Your phone or window isn't wide enough to display the code box. If it's a phone, try rotating it to landscape mode.

Code: Select all: local mytable = { "stuff1 things", "foobar attack", "string operation", "iamstupid.com" } -- Looking through the whole table for i,v in ipairs(mytable) do if string.match(string.lower(v), "text to search") then -- Found something! end end

Posted: **Mon Jun 06, 2016 21:37**

Thank you, Krock. You answered my question.

FOSS gamedev and creative worlds

Help with formspecs?

Help with formspecs?

Re: Help with formspecs?

Re: Help with formspecs?