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authorFlavioJS <FlavioJS@54d463be-8e91-2dee-dedb-b68131a5f0ec>2007-12-27 05:47:50 +0000
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* Corrected description of scope and npc variables in script_commands.txt.
* Made temporary character string variables not have a limited length. (now all temporary string variables don't have limited length) * Made temporary character variables reuse free positions. git-svn-id: https://rathena.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rathena/trunk@11984 54d463be-8e91-2dee-dedb-b68131a5f0ec
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+++ b/doc/script_commands.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
//= A reference manual for the eAthena scripting language.
//= Commands are sorted depending on their functionality.
//===== Version ===========================================
-//= 3.10.20071122
+//= 3.12.20071227
//=========================================================
//= 1.0 - First release, filled will as much info as I could
//= remember or figure out, most likely there are errors,
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
//= Updated guardianinfo and get-/setcastledata [ultramage]
//= 3.12.20071218
//= Corrected various mistakes mentioned in bugreport:373 [ultramage]
+//= 3.12.20071227
+//= Corrected description of scope and npc variables. [FlavioJS]
//=========================================================
This document is a reference manual for all the scripting commands and functions
@@ -495,12 +497,11 @@ local - local to the server
account - attached to the account of the character identified by RID
character - attached to the character identified by RID
npc - attached to the NPC
+scope - attached to the scope of the instance
Extent can be:
-permanent - Permanent NPC variables exist while the server is running.
- Others still exist when the server resets.
-temporary - Temporary NPC variables exist while the script instance is running.
- Others cease to exist when the server resets.
+permanent - They still exist when the server resets.
+temporary - They cease to exist when the server resets.
Prefix: scope and extent
nothing - A permanent variable attached to the character, the default
@@ -515,11 +516,16 @@ nothing - A permanent variable attached to the character, the default
"$@" - A global temporary variable.
This is important for scripts which are called with no RID
attached, that is, not triggered by a specific character object.
-"." - A variable that exists on the NPC as long as the server is running.
- They are only accessible from inside the NPC or by calling
+"." - A NPC variable.
+ They exist in the NPC and dissapear when the server restarts or the
+ npc is reloaded. Can be accessed from inside the NPC or by calling
'getvariableofnpc'.
-".@" - A temporary variable that exists until the script instance ends.
- They are only accessible in that NPC instance.
+".@" - A scope variable.
+ They are unique to the instance and scope. Each instance has it's
+ own scope that ends when the script ends. Calling a function with
+ callsub/callfunc starts a new scope, returning from the function
+ ends it. When a scope ends, it's variables are converted to values
+ ('return .@var;' returns a value, not a reference).
"#" - A permanent local account variable.
They are stored with all the account data in "save\accreg.txt" in
TXT versions and in the SQL versions in the 'global_reg_value'
@@ -546,10 +552,10 @@ Examples:
$name$ - permanent global string variable
$@name - temporary global integer variable
$@name$ - temporary global string variable
- .name - permanent npc integer variable
- .name$ - permanent npc string variable
-.@name - temporary npc integer variable
-.@name$ - temporary npc string variable
+ .name - npc integer variable
+ .name$ - npc string variable
+.@name - scope integer variable
+.@name$ - scope string variable
#name - permanent local account integer variable
#name$ - permanent local account string variable
##name - permanent global account integer variable
@@ -1473,7 +1479,7 @@ You can pass multiple arguments in a function call:
getarg(0) would be 5, getarg(1) would be 4 and getarg(2) would be 3.
-Getarg has an optional argument since trunk r10773.
+Getarg has an optional argument since trunk r10773 and stable r10958.
If the target argument exists, it is returned.
Otherwise, if <default_value> is present it is returned instead,
if not the script terminates immediately.