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 </code> </code>
 The codex variable above will contain a lookup with keys named "id" and "count", with corresponding values of "ITEM_0001" (as a [[string]] value) and 5 (as a [[number]] value). You could create a JSON [[data_files|data file]] containing an [[array]] of these codices as an easy way to maintain a list of [[item|items]] to give to the player when the game starts. The codex variable above will contain a lookup with keys named "id" and "count", with corresponding values of "ITEM_0001" (as a [[string]] value) and 5 (as a [[number]] value). You could create a JSON [[data_files|data file]] containing an [[array]] of these codices as an easy way to maintain a list of [[item|items]] to give to the player when the game starts.
 +
 +====Reading a Value:====
 +<code bauxite>
 +$my_codex = codex["id": "ITEM_0001", "count": 5];
 +display_message("The item's count is " + str($my_codex["count"]));
 +</code>
 +The script above creates a codex variable containing lookups for an item ID and a numeric count value, then displays the count (converted to a [[string]] value) in a message.
  
 ====Modifying a Value:==== ====Modifying a Value:====
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 ====Inserting a Value:==== ====Inserting a Value:====
 +<code bauxite>
 $my_codex = codex[]; $my_codex = codex[];
 $my_codex["unique_key"] = "Some Value"; $my_codex["unique_key"] = "Some Value";
 +</code>
 +The script above creates an empty codex variable, then inserts a new key/value pair with a key of "unique_key" and a [[string]] value of "Some Value".
 +
 +====Iterating All Keys:====
 +<code bauxite>
 +$my_codex = codex["name": "Stumpy", "genus": "Sciurus"];
 +for $key in $my_codex do
 +   display_message("Key: " + $key + ", Value: " + str($my_codex[$key]));
 +end;
 +</code>
 +The script above displays each key of the codex along with its corresponding value. The "str" function is used to convert whatever the stored value is to a [[string]] before displaying it.
  
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codex.1671761756.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/12/22 18:15 by justin

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