Using Textmacroes with Strings

12-14-2008, 09:34 AM

How does one call a textmacro with a string (with quotation marks) as one of the arguments? I haven't tested compiling this because I don't have access right now, but it seems like this would go all haywire:

JASS:

//! textmacro Something takes NAME, TYPE, DEFAULT
    function Something$NAME$ takes $TYPE$ Value returns $TYPE$
        if Value != $DEFAULT$ then
            call DoSomethingWith(Value)
            return Value
        endif
        return $DEFAULT$
    endfunction
//! endtextmacro

//! call runtextmacro Something("Integer", "integer", "0")
//! call runtextmacro Something("Handle", "handle", "null")
//! call runtextmacro Something("String", "string", """")

I know on its own that code makes very little sense, but I think the general gist is there. I need to return the null string (""), but I don't know if that'll work with a textmacro.

Or can a string be == null?

12-14-2008, 12:02 PM	#2
Skater	Just escape the " //! runtextmacro Something("String", "string", "\"\"")

12-14-2008, 09:39 PM	#3
Pyrogasm	Wut?

12-14-2008, 11:02 PM	#4
Ammorth	For quotes to exist in a string, they need to have the escape character before them: \" == " Its for the same reason why \\ == \ and also why \n works.

12-15-2008, 01:44 AM	#5
PandaMine	Yeah its a standard for most programming languages

12-15-2008, 05:09 AM	#6
Pyrogasm	Oh, thanks!

12-15-2008, 07:37 AM

MaD[Lion]

JASS:

//!textmacro Vexorians_Hate takes CODE
$CODE$
//!endtextmacro

...

//! runtextmacro Vexorians_Hate("function hate takes nothing returns nothing\ncall BJDebugMsg(\"hate this\")\nendfunction")
...
call hate()

add more textmacro abuse pls vex

12-15-2008, 07:38 AM	#8
Gorman	ummm...? Does this work?