Es event setstring

Overview

Syntax: es_event setstring <event-name> <name> <string>

Variation of this command that doesn't expand variables: es_xevent setstring

Description

Sets for the initialized event <event-name> the event_var(<name>)to the <string>

Parameters

• event-name - The name of the event you want to use
• name - The name of the event_var()
• string - String to set the event_var() after

Examples

event player_chat
{
	// Bring said text to lowercase
	es_xset saidtext event_var(text) "the string in lowercase"
	forcecase saidtext lower
	// Initalize event, set textstring to lowercase and fire event
	es_xevent initialize player_spoke
	es_event setstring player_spoke textstring server_var(saidtext)
	es_event setint player_spoke userid event_var(userid)
	es_xevent fire player_spoke
}
 
event player_spoke
{
	// Show the player his lowercase text
	es_tell event_var(userid) event_var(textstring)
}

Notes

• This command is recommended for strings only. For numbers like userid use es_event setint
• Only es_event set* command whichs is a zero terminated string
• First introduced in EventScripts v1.5

See also

• es_event -- see all other es_event commands.

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