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Contents 1 Numeric Snippets and Functions 1.1 Speed Distance Time Triangle 2 String-based Snippets and Functions 2.1 Strtok 2.1.1 Parameters 2.1.2 Source 2.1.3 Example 2.2 Split 2.2.1 Parameters 2.2.2 Source 2.2.3 Example

Numeric Snippets and Functions

Speed Distance Time Triangle

This triangle equation calculates the speed, distance or time of an entity.

Speed = Distance / Time
Distance = Time / Speed
Time = Distance / Speed

String-based Snippets and Functions

Strtok

Extracts a substring where a character or token is found.

Parameters

• string: the string to split up.
• index: a numeric position in where to search the string to start from.
• seperator: the character or token to search for.

Source

// Written by DracoBlue.
stock strtok(const string[], &index,seperator=' ')
{
	new length = strlen(string);
	new offset = index;
	new result[MAX_STRING];
	while ((index < length) && (string[index] != seperator) && ((index - offset) < (sizeof(result) - 1)))
	{
		result[index - offset] = string[index];
		index++;
	}
 
	result[index - offset] = EOS;
	if ((index < length) && (string[index] == seperator))
	{
		index++;
	}
	return result;
}

Example

Here we will do a shouting command.

if(strcmp(cmdtext,"/shout",true)==0)
{
   new 
      tmp[128], //The variable for strtok.
      string[128], // A Variable where we store a text/number with information.
      pName[MAX_PLAYER_NAME], //You can use this variable to get the players name later on.
      idx; //Also known as Index,Part of strtok.
 
   tmp = strtok(cmdtext,idx); //This Is where we define tmp to equal strtok.
 
   if(!strlen(tmp)) 
      return SendClientMessage(playerid,COLOR_WHITE,"USAGE:/me[action]");
   //this will see if the playerid filled all parameters,if not send him a message showing him how.
   //now continue with the command.
 
   GetPlayerName(playerid,pName,sizeof(pName));//This Stores the playerid's name in a variable.
   format(string,sizeof(string),"%s Shouts: %s !!",pName,tmp);
   /* In the format up,We used the stored text in the pName variable to show the player's name.
   Then we used the tmp variable to get the text that the player entered.*/
   SendClientMessageToAll(COLOR_WHITE,string); //now we send the formatted string.
   return 1;//make sure it returns something.
}//and close the ending bracket  
 
/* Written by iMatt */
/* Optimized by Vince */

Split

Works similar to strtok, except it splits up the entire string.

Parameters

• strsrc: String to split up.
• strdest: A 2D array; where to store the split up pieces.
• delimiter: A character or token which identifies the beginning and end of substrings.

Source

// Author unknown. It was probably someone smart like [[User:DracoBlue|DracoBlue]] or [[User:Y_Less|Y_Less]].
stock split(const strsrc[], strdest[][], delimiter)
{
    new i, li;
    new aNum;
    new len;
    while(i <= strlen(strsrc))
    {
        if(strsrc[i] == delimiter || i == strlen(strsrc))
        {
            len = strmid(strdest[aNum], strsrc, li, i, 128);
            strdest[aNum][len] = 0;
            li = i+1;
            aNum++;
        }
        i++;
    }
    return 1;
}

Example

public OnFilterScriptInit()
{
    new tmp[2][128];
    split("Hello World!", tmp, ' ');
    print(tmp[0]);
}

OUTPUTS: Hello