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coffeetogo
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 Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 08:01:39
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Hi,
Hope this is the right part of the forum for this.
Just learning how to write scripts and need some detailed help.
1. How does the "§" work. Have found examples of use but nothing detailed. Would like to understand what it does in detail.
2. The code "#WRITETITLELIST#=http://www.somewebsiteorother.com#05# ---> #04# §#09#"
How does the " ---> #04# §#09#" bit work? confused by the ---> and the §.
3. Is there an official way to comment in a script. Using the debugging program "-" works outside of a tag. "//" seems to grey-out script inside a tag but then the line seems to still get processed in the debugger but not in XMM.
4. TABS. I've come across a line of HTML that contains the actor name on a single line with tabs.
HTML line looks like "[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB]Name of actor¶"
Grabbing the whole line and using #TRIM# gets rid of the TABS but "#DELETEWORD#=\t [+ number of TABS needed]", "#DELETEWORD#=[TAB] [+ number of TABS needed]", #SUBSTITUTEWORD#=\t [+ number of TABS needed]=[space] seems to have no effect.
Is there a way of dealing with tabs other than with trim?
Many thanks in advance for your time.
Denis
Apologies posted this in Suggestions by accident and now can't seems to delete original post :-( |
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coffeetogo
Starting Member
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 09:43:51
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Thanks JDommi for the quick reply,
Re. 2.
As I work through the script I like to "turn off" lines to find the bugs and to stop sections working to speed things up. If the line "#TAKEWORD#=#69#,#67#,#68#" is changed to "//#TAKEWORD#=#69#,#67#,#68#" the debugger still runs (parses?) it but XMM doesn't. Gets a bit confusing. Will just temporarily delete lines in future.
Would be nice if say everything between //* ..... *// were ignored as in some other programs.
Re. 3.
I came across the post http://www.binaryworks.it/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15228&SearchTerms=%A7 with your reply.
I'm wondering why this works and adds the actor name to the database
#TAKEWORD#=#69#,#67#,#68#
#CHECKVARIABLE#=#69#
#STARTDELETETAGS#
#STARTSUBSTITUTETAGS#
#TRIM#
#STRING#=#70#=#69#§
#TAKEACTOR#=#70#
but this doesn't
#TAKEWORD#=#69#,#67#,#68#
#CHECKVARIABLE#=#69#
#STARTDELETETAGS#
#STARTSUBSTITUTETAGS#
#TRIM#
#TAKEACTOR#=#69#
Is it because TAKEACTOR is actually a three part tag made up of Name, Character and WebID so you have to tell XMM which bits are included once you've got them?
i.e. would name#§§WebID enter only the name and webid into the XMM database?
and name#§Character§ enter only the Name and Character.
Re. 4.
The Checking part of my script has the entries
#CHECKVARIABLE#=#69#
#STARTDELETETAGS#
#STARTSUBSTITUTETAGS#
#TRIM#
and
#DELETETAGS#
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
"then repeated through 9 to 2 ending with"
#DELETEWORD#=\t
#DELETEWORD#=[TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB] (note: a real TAB used not [TAB] just put it in like this for the post as a real TAB won't show up"
"then repeated through 9 to 2 ending with"
#DELETEWORD#=[TAB]
The above seems to have no effect as if the TRIM tag is removed the info passed to the database contains TABS. I think this is to do with XMM rather than your excellent Debugger.
Thanks again.
Denis
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Edited by - coffeetogo on 29 Oct 2017 12:23:07 |
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
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Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 10:48:48
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2. The Debugger is a 3rd party plugin coded without having the original code of the MagicScript Editor. So there are a few differences... especially as XMM is coded in VB.Net and my plugin in (old) Delphi 7.
#TAKEWORD#=#69#,#67#,#68#" change to "#//TAKEWORD#=#69#,#67#,#68#" to disable it. That way you will quickly find it later.
3. Simply because of the missing WebID identifier. The correct string to parse to #TAKEACTOR# is Actor'sName§WebID where the WebID is optional. Just like the character.
There are existing to version for #TAKEACTOR#
- #TAKEACTOR#=Actor'sName§WebID
- #TAKEACTOR#=Actor'sName§Character§WebID
Taking the character only is (unfortunately) not implemented in XMM.
4. ahem... Please write or copy/paste the used code and include it between [ code] and [ /code] for a better understanding.
It's a little bit difficult to read all the \t and [TAB] |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
Hermann Hesse |
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coffeetogo
Starting Member
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 12:21:10
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Hi,
code bit in the DELETE the #DELETETAGS#. the first 10 delete spaces, the next 10 delete TABS. The "\t"s were to test if that was a way to delete TABS as I noticed some scripts used "#SUBSTITUTEWORD#=\n\r=#NEWLINE#" and thought it might work.
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t\t
#DELETEWORD#=\t
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
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Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 13:24:15
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| Give a concrete example, please. I'm still not sure what the problem is. |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
Hermann Hesse |
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coffeetogo
Starting Member
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 14:16:00
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Hi,
If you look at https://www.dvdempire.com/1785136/deadpool-blu-ray-dvd-ultraviolet-blu-ray.html?qs=Deadpool%20 Blu-ray%20 %20DVD%20 %20UltraViolet
The section Audi/Video. The source code contains loads of TABS. Hope that helps as an example. www.dvdempire.com is the only site I've come across that writes code with TABS in it. Everyone else uses spaces.
Thanks
Denis
</li></ul><!-- Features List --><a name="features" class="anchor"></a><div class="spacing-bottom"><h2 class="border-bottom-site-default">Features</h2><p>- Deleted/Extended Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary by Director Tim Miller<br />- Gag Reel<br />- From Comics to Screen... to Screen<br />- Gallery (Concept Art, Costumes, Storyboards, Pre-vis, Stunt-vis)<br />- Deadpool's Fun Sack<br />- Audio Commentary by Ryan Reynolds and Screenwriters Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick<br />- Audio Commentary by Director Tim Miller and Deadpool Co-Creator/Comics Artist Rob Liefeld</p></div><!-- Audio/Video List --><a name="audio/video" class="anchor"></a><div class="spacing-bottom"><h2 class="border-bottom-site-default">Audio/Video</h2><ul class="list-unstyled spacing-bottom"><li><strong>Audio</strong><br />
English Dolby Digital 5.1
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French Dolby Digital 5.1
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Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
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French Dolby Digital Surround
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Spanish Dolby Digital Surround
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English DTS-HD MA 7.1
<br /></li></ul><ul class="list-unstyled spacing-bottom"><li><strong>Video</strong><br />
Widescreen 2.40:1 Color
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
4635 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 14:46:24
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Why handling all those tabs?
Just try this code:
#FINDLINE#=<strong>Audio</strong>#11#
#READNEXTLINE#
#READNEXTLINE#
#READNEXTLINE# //or #READNEXTLINE#=1 to read the next non empty line
#TAKEWORD#=#13#,#00#,#00# //take the whole line
#CHECKVARIABLE#=#13#
#TRIM#
#TAKEAUDIO#=#13# |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
Hermann Hesse |
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coffeetogo
Starting Member
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 16:19:29
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Hi,
that is what I ended up doing but just wanted to know why the other way wouldn't work.
Seems a bit OCD I know but it was bugging me.
Thanks for the help on the other stuff
Denis |
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JDommi
Administrator
Germany
4635 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2017 : 17:09:23
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| To be true, I never have tried to replace or find a tab. |
In order to achieve what is possible, you have to try the impossible over and over again.
Hermann Hesse |
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Questions and help on scripting