Variable name as String?

[Deltt]

Hey there,

i have short question: how can i make a variable (the "name" of the variable) into a string?

Example:

local variable1 = createPickup(x, y, z) 

How can i get the name "variable1" as a string?

Greetings

[iPrestege]

tostring 

[Deltt]

if i do this, the outputChatmessage shows me a "userdata.00000AD" or something...

[iPrestege]

Why you want to set the variable as string?

[Cadu12]

You can make own custom pickup, its not hard to do.

[Deltt]

What do you mean by that, Cadu12?

I want it because i stored the coordinates where the pickup should teleport the player in my database, in the name of the pickup should be used to link the right pickups to the right coordinates.

???

[Castillo]

You can store the pickups on tables, defining there the variables for each.

[AMARANT]

How can i get the name "variable1" as a string?

Actually, there's no way. Because it's not necessary.

[Deltt]

"You can store the pickups on tables, defining there the variables for each."

can someone give me a clue how i do that?

unfortunately im not much into lua yet

[Castillo]

local pickups = { } 
local pickup = createPickup ( args... ) 
pickups [ pickup ] = "variable1" 
  
addEventHandler ( "onPickupHit", pickup, 
    function ( ) 
        outputChatBox ( pickups [ source ] ) 
    end 
) 

Element data would work aswell.

[Tete omar]

Actually, there's no function in lua that converts variable name to string, but you can make one.

[50p]

You can simply set pickup "element ID", like:

local pickup = createPickup( .... ); 
setElementID( pickup, "pickup:myPickup1" ); 
--------------- 
-- Then you can get the pickup by ID: 
local mypickup = getElementByID( "pickup:myPickup1" );