Append string

[Jack_Bauer]

hi I'm new in this forum and I began using this fantastic software (MMF) a few years ago.
I just need somebody's help...
I'd like to create a game Monkey-Island like... so...
when I click on a button I managed to modify the content of a static text object into " Pick up ". Now I want to APPEND (for example)the word "SWORD" after "pick up" when the mouse pointer is over the sword active object... how do I do ??? is there any operator that I can use for appending text to an existing string inside a static text object?

Thank you and sorry for my bad english... : )

[nivram]

Put all your items in the same qualifer.

Mouse is over qualifer (negate this)
Set alterable text to""

Mouse is over sword
Set alterable text to "sword"

[Jack_Bauer]

thank you for the quick answer... i had already managed to do what you said but maybe i didn't explain myself... all i need to do is to append the string "x" to the string "Pick up".
If i do "set text" to "sword" the string "Pick up" goes away...

[nivram]

You can set the string to anything really.

How about setting a value to 1 after picking up the sword.
If the value is <1 and mouse is over sword
Set alterable string "pick up sword"

Value is >1 set alteable string to "you have the sword"

or something simular.

[Jeff]

You need to set the string to the existing contents of the string + "Sword"

You can do that under the
Change alterable string

Then click the retrieve data from an object and get alterable string

Then your expression editor will say (something like) string$( "String" )

Then add on
string$( "String" )+" Sword"

[Jack_Bauer]

ok i made it. my problem was the i tried to write just + "sword" instead of writing

Text$( "previous content of the static text box" )+"sword"

Thank you!

[Jack_Bauer]

one last question (for now) : )

is there any operator that makes the opposite operation of + (which appends strings).

when I select pick up and i move the cursor over the sword I obtain "Pick up sword" which is what i wanted.
now, when i move the cursor away from the sword i want to obtain pick up...

[DavidN]

You can't subtract from a string (I think some of the more flowery scripting languages give it a go, though) - you can just set it directly to "Pick up: " again.

[Novabrain]

You can use MID$ to choose a set of characters anywhere in a string and remove/change them. So that would be a "subtract" thought it is a little more involved.

There is also Left$ and Right$ which work with either side of a string.

There should be some documentation on those string functions in the manual and probably some examples here somewhere if you need more info.

Also, those are string functions used in BASIC, so there are plenty of references online on how they are used.

Otherwise, you can rely on us for more on that subject.