how do you check is specific item exists in list

I am using a list item for my inventory and in this case I want to check if for example the player already has "sword" available in the list.
Is it possible to scan the LIST item for a specific item and if it exists, not to add any more of it's type?

Or if it exists, use it as a condition to have it appear in the inventory.

Thanks in advance.
Sorry if its a stupid question XD

If its the "find string" command, what should I put in the <flag> value?
I wonder what the flag determines?

Yes, it is possible. I think the easiest way to do this is to use Internal List Object extension. It has: "Item .sword. is in List" condition. You can even use List Object but it's less pro :)

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If its the "find string" command, what should I put in the <flag> value?

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0 or 1

is there a way to count how many swords I have in the list? If so how? What is the command.

What does the flag do? I know it should either be 0 or 1

I think this is what you are looking


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Hi, thank you for the example. But the "number of strings" counter in it is not hooked to any logic and does nothing. Can you complete the example so it can count how many coats are there in the list?

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Your example lists the total number of lines in the list. That is easy- I already know about that :)

Is it possible to list the number of lines with a specific name. For example if you put the line "Coat" twice in the list, make fusion return a value of 2, when I type coat in the edit box.
Is that doable? :)

Its like this- I have an inventory system set up with each specific item corresponding to an indexNumber value.
When I press left- it adds to the activeItem value, when right- subtracts.

Now I am trying to add logic to check if the string (name) of the active item is available in the list and if not - to skip it.

I am not sure if this is a good way to do this- but effectively I want to display all of the current list objects with an active object. Control which list item I am on through the active object- as it looks nicer as a graphic

So the hud is a square shaped active item showing the currently equiped weapon. pressing left and right switches to the previous/next item. It is currently going through all the weapons in the game.
Now I need to somehow hook it up with the list file and make it skip or not show any items that are not available in the list file - so non acquired weapons can not be installed.

I think I am not approaching this the right way atm. But I cant use the actual list file to swicth between items, because its input controls are hardcoded and not suited for my game's design at all

Would my open source "Gizmo" example help? It uses a list object to switch items. On my website.

Marv

hi Marv,
Excellent example!

I implemented mine today like yours, but slightly different.
Instead of checking the current line number, it checks the the name of the string of the line and sets the item according to that.

Thank you Blurymind. Glad you worked something out.

Marv