Add Text, Match Plural & Other Text Box Cleanup...[RESOLVED]

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Add Text, Match Plural & Other Text Box Cleanup...[RESOLVED] Aug 19, 2020 23:11:44 GMT

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Post by damooseneo on Aug 19, 2020 23:11:44 GMT

I'm cleaning up a lot of the work on my custom template and getting to a point I want to clean up some...annoying...elements after getting the functional things figured out. So, some questions

#1 - Best way to handle Factions & Icons
This is code I've used before, but it was always annoying but it was meant for me, never distribution, so I dealt with it. But I'm building something to share, so I'd like to fix this up if able.
I have this snippet in my text replace sequence:

		# Match Faction Name to bold

		replace_rule(

			match: faction_names(),

			in_context: filter_context,

			replace: "<atom-faction><b-auto>&</b-auto><sym-auto>&</sym-auto></atom-faction>"

			) +

The "atom" is new, and helps tie everything together nicely and prevents some of the weirdness I had in my old code. But it finds any of my factions, gives them a bold tag AND adds the sym tag to display the faction's icon after the name. Two elements I'd like to see work are:
- Keep the cursor at the end of the input; without the atom tag, it was always in the middle and that lead to weirdness. With the atom tag I can't be IN the tag, which helps, but now I'm on the left side of the atom tag, instead of the right/end.
- I want to match the plural; so say, for instance, a faction is "Knight." The script matches just fine, I get "Knight(Icon)" and all is good and right with the world. I type "Knights" and I get "Knight(Icon)s" and things are weird. I'd like to get "Knight(Icon)" and "Knights(Icon)" out of it. the faction_names() is a variable containing a string of factions; "Knight|Dragon|Wizard" and the like. (Typing this out I have an idea now, but since I'm here I might as well ask).

#2 - Adding text to the end of the text box
I explored this via keywords but even that was wonky. There's a few instances where a line of text should be appended to the end of the field; what will vary depending on the type of card, but solving the basic of "appending text to the end of the field" will solve any other answer for me. Adding a script that does input + string in the text filter doesn't seem to add anything.

Last Edit: Aug 21, 2020 15:22:25 GMT by damooseneo: Resolved; See follow up posts

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Add Text, Match Plural & Other Text Box Cleanup...[RESOLVED] Aug 19, 2020 23:41:11 GMT

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Post by damooseneo on Aug 19, 2020 23:41:11 GMT

The hunch noted failed, but did start something.
I made a plural version of the same list, duplicated my related scripts, and check the plural instances first. I originally thought something with the english plural/singular would be needed but worked out no; "Knight" and "Knights" within the sym-auto tags still renders the icon~
For future reference point for anyone else; if you have two words, one of which contains the first in some fashion, put the longer version in your lists to check first. Hence, "Wizard" and "Wizardbane" would want "Wizardbane" first, "Wizard" second. Else you match funny.

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Add Text, Match Plural & Other Text Box Cleanup...[RESOLVED] Aug 20, 2020 16:22:51 GMT

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Post by damooseneo on Aug 20, 2020 16:22:51 GMT

Still beating on the text box, and nothing seems to actually add to the value.

What I want to do is make sure a line of text is added at the end of the text box based on another field; IE if the "card type" is "Equipment" I want to make sure a particular line is always added to the end of the text box. Its BASICALLY reminder text, but based on the card's type field, not a keyword within the card's text field.

I'm using a variation on the text_filter borrowed from MtG a long time ago, but its fairly basic and works. ANY TIME I try to reference the passed text (input) it claims "input not defined." I cannot edit it in-line

if card.field == "target" then ( input := input + "\nMy Text" else input ) +

And I can't make an external function ala

addText() + 
# or 
addText(input) +

as both of them declare "input not defined."

The whole implict/explicit variable declaration is driving me nuts, especially on this one. All I really need to do is, essentially, "if check is true append this string"; any other language I can do that in one line. But I cannot seem to actually refer to that input variable, the rest of the script assumes it but if my effort assumes it MSE complains about a lack of declaration, but I cannot seem to declare it or interact with it.

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Add Text, Match Plural & Other Text Box Cleanup...[RESOLVED] Aug 21, 2020 15:19:28 GMT

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Post by damooseneo on Aug 21, 2020 15:19:28 GMT

Not the GREATEST solution in the world, but I did devise a a script to do the "Add text to the end of a field based on..."
SO:
A - Concoct an "atom" for your text; "atom-groupname" for instance. Because you want all cards of "group name" to have a specific text. This also assumes a field on the card named "groupname" for the example. The field name and the atom tag don't have to match, but it helps keep things straight if they do~ There's also no other declaration of the atom, just use it in the following script as shown, no need to define anywhere else.
Why an atom? They're a good way to keep data together, and uneditable. This also groups them together in one unified tag for the purposes of cleaning up between script calls so we're not duplicating things (more on that in a moment).
B - New function, I called mine "addText"; replace the script call to "text_filter" on your text box with this.
C1 - First step will be to eliminate the content of the tag "atom-groupname"
C2 - Second step will be to eliminate the tag "atom-groupname" itself
**record scratch** Why eliminate? We need to prevent endless duplication/adding of the new lines

Each time you do something in the box, it runs the script. If we're always adding text, then each click, each character typed, etc. would add a new instance of your atom.
D - Test the fields you want to test; "if card.groupname == "rogues" then..."
E - On a positive match, assign the input + text to a variable
E1 - Wrap your text in the aforementioned "atom", and ideally add a new line via \n to split it from normal text. So your added line would look like "<atom-groupname>\nRogues Do It In The Dark</atom-groupname>" fully typed out.
E2 - The line of code would look like "text string := input + "<atom-groupname>\nRogues Do It In The Dark</atom-groupname>" "
E3 - Repeat this with an "else if" check for each line you want to add, and its qualifiers.
F - Toss on a final "else" and assign the variable to the input straight up; "text_string := input"
G - Call your text_filter code

Your final script would look like:


addText := {
	#Delete the Contents...
	input := tag_contents(tag: "<atom-groupname>", contents:{ "" })
	#Delete the Tag...
	input := remove_tag(tag: "<atom-groupname>")

	if card.groupname == "rogue" then (
		text_string := input + "<atom-groupname>\nRogues Do It In The Dark</atom-groupname>"
	) else if card.groupname == "paladin" then (
		text_string := input + "<atom-groupname>\nPaladins Do It For Glory</atom-groupname>"
	) else (
		text_string := input
	)

	#Generally assumes co-opting the MtG "text_filter" format...
	text_filter(input: text_string, card_name: card.name)
}

Now, for your call, go to your text box where the text_filter call would normally go and replace it with your call to your new function


script: addText(value)

And voila~ If the flags check out, the script will ALWAYS add the text to the bottom of relevant cards; if it doesn't, then the text passes through to the normal text_filter code~