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--- data_files [2020/05/05 12:24] – justin
+++ data_files [2022/06/26 02:26] – justin
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 </code>
-You can then use the "data" syntax to reference the filename (minus the .json extension) and access its data from a [[script]]. In our example, you could use this syntax along with a [[script_syntax|For loop]] to give each [[item]] to the player from your game's [[startup script]].
+You can then use the "data" syntax to reference the filename and access its data from a [[script]]. In our example, you could use this syntax along with a [[script_syntax|For loop]] to give each [[item]] to the player from your game's [[startup script]].
 <code bauxite>
-for item_id in data["start_items"] do
+for $item_id in data["start_items.json"] do
-   give_item(item_id)
+   give_item($item_id);
-end
+end;
 </code>
@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 <code bauxite>
-for i in range(3) do
+for $i in range(3) do
-   give_item(data["start_items"][i])
+   give_item(data["start_items"][$i]);
-end
+end;
 </code>
 <code bauxite>
-give_item(data["start_items"][random(0, 2)])
+give_item(data["start_items"][random(0, 2)]);
 </code>
@@ Line 52: / Line 52: @@
 <code bauxite>
-for item in data["start_items"] do
+for $item in data["start_items"] do
-  give_item(item["id"], item["count"])
+  give_item($item["id"], $item["count"]);
-end
+end;
 </code>
-As another example, assume that we want to maintain a list of [[entity]] properties that will be assigned to a [[character]] at some point during the game. A file named "npc_properties.json" could be created in the data folder with the following contents (specifically an object with a set of key/value pairs as the root element).
+As another example, assume that we want to maintain a list of [[entity]] properties that will be assigned to a [[character]] at some point during the game. A file named "npc_props.json" could be created in the data folder with the following contents (specifically an object with a set of key/value pairs as the root element).
 <code javascript>
 {
-   "visited": false
+   "visited": false,
+   "visit_count": 0,
+   "mood": "happy"
 }
 </code>
-You could then loop through each of the key/value pairs and assign the value to a property on the [[entity]].
+You could then loop through the key/value pairs and assign each value to a property on the [[entity]].
 <code bauxite>
-for prop_name in data["npc_properties"] do
+for $prop in data["npc_props"] do
-   set_entity_property(self, prop_name, data["props"][prop_name])
+   set_entity_property(entity["npc01"], $prop, data["npc_props"][$prop]);
-end
+end;
 </code>
 ~~NOTOC~~

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