ObjectLocation

[The Cartooners]

The code below

 

for _,v in ipairs(cartUphillChallenge:GetAllOfType('ZItem')) do

print("Item: " .. v.Name .. " is in location: " .. v.ObjectLocation)

end

 

generates the following error

 

attempt to concatenate ObjectLocation

 

Does anyone know what the problem might be and how do I fix it.

 

Thanks in advance

Edited September 11, 2008 by The Cartooners

[Ranger Fox]

ObjectLocation should be an object. You're trying to reduce ObjectLocation to a string when it doesn't have an implicit string conversion.

 

Did you try "v.ObjectLocation.Name"? That might work. (I'm answering this at work, so don't have enough time to test my own suggestion.)

[The Cartooners]

ObjectLocation should be an object. You're trying to reduce ObjectLocation to a string when it doesn't have an implicit string conversion.

 

Did you try "v.ObjectLocation.Name"? That might work. (I'm answering this at work, so don't have enough time to test my own suggestion.)

 

No joy on that one Ranger. What I need is a ToString()

[The Cartooners]

Thats it: tostring

 

Here is the modified code

 

for _,v in ipairs(cartUphillChallenge:GetAllOfType('ZItem')) do

print("Item: " .. v.Name .. " is in location: " .. tostring(v.ObjectLocation))

end

 

which produces an iteration of all items like this

 

Item: Sword is in location ZonePoint(51.xxxxx, -2.xxxxx, Distance(0, 'm'))

etc

etc

 

Hope this helps someone

[+Geofellas]

I think you could get the individual lat and long (as numbers) this way too if you needed it. I know it works when I do Player.ObjectLocation.latitude etc.

 

lat = v.ObjectLocation.latitude
long = v.ObjectLocation.longitude

[Ranger Fox]

Oh! ObjectLocation is of type ZonePoint! Then, yes, the latitude and longitude properties will be available and not a name. Thank you, Geofellas. Boy do I get sloppy when I can't test out my own ideas before posting.