check if variable contains number

[oblinez]

while(input(.name$) == "" && (isdigit(.name$))){    input .name$;    }

I want the player to type only letters/words, if it contains any number he will have to type it again without numbers
how can I do that?

[Patskie]

prontera,150,150,6	script	Sample	112,{
	do {
		input [email protected]$;
	} while (callfunc("ValidateInput", [email protected]$));
	mes "You pick " + [email protected]$;
	close;
}

function	script	ValidateInput	{
	[email protected]$ = getarg(0, "");
	[email protected] = getstrlen([email protected]$);
	for ([email protected] = 0; [email protected] < [email protected]; [email protected]++) {
		if (charat([email protected]$, [email protected]) != " ") {
			if (!charisalpha([email protected]$, [email protected]))
				return 1;
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

 

[oblinez]

9 hours ago, Patskie said:

prontera,150,150,6	script	Sample	112,{
	do {
		input [email protected]$;
	} while (callfunc("ValidateInput", [email protected]$));
	mes "You pick " + [email protected]$;
	close;
}

function	script	ValidateInput	{
	[email protected]$ = getarg(0, "");
	[email protected] = getstrlen([email protected]$);
	for ([email protected] = 0; [email protected] < [email protected]; [email protected]++) {
		if (charat([email protected]$, [email protected]) != " ") {
			if (!charisalpha([email protected]$, [email protected]))
				return 1;
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

 

 

you are my savior!
can you explain your code for me? so that i can learn

how does the first part undestand that returning 1 or 0 must repeat the input or not

is this boolean? callfunc returns 1 or 0, while true it pass, false it fall into condition, that's right?

[Patskie]

The function i created will loop over each character of the string and check if that character is a letter or a number. If there is a number then always return 1 else 0.

You can return anything from a function you can leave it empty as well for any reason. I just use 0 and 1 because any !var means 0 and var means something else. 

[oblinez]

10 hours ago, Patskie said:

prontera,150,150,6	script	Sample	112,{
	do {
		input [email protected]$;
	} while (callfunc("ValidateInput", [email protected]$));
	mes "You pick " + [email protected]$;
	close;
}

function	script	ValidateInput	{
	[email protected]$ = getarg(0, "");
	[email protected] = getstrlen([email protected]$);
	for ([email protected] = 0; [email protected] < [email protected]; [email protected]++) {
		if (charat([email protected]$, [email protected]) != " ") {
			if (!charisalpha([email protected]$, [email protected]))
				return 1;
		}
	}
	return 0;
}

 

how to prevent the player type only space?

[Patskie]

Comment 

//if (charat([email protected]$, [email protected]) != " ") {
    if (!charisalpha([email protected]$, [email protected]))
        return 1;
//}