convert colors to text values other than with ifs?

i.e. convert "yellow" to "|cffffcc00" in-game?

well...you could use a switch if they have that in WE

Go ahead and use ifs -- but put them inside a function that you can call over and over again. Then post it here and I'll add it to the function pack.

the function thing is easy... just do if color = red set value = |cffff0000 and so on... i'm not going to delve into it now but maybe in the near futuire (no comp after today for two weeks)