The Comparenames command

[sagittarius22]

Does anyone know what's the purpose of the FOSE/NVSE comparenames command?

Looks like it compares two names and returns a float value.

What could it be used for?

 

http://fose.silverlock.org/fose_command_doc.html#CompareNames

[pintocat]

Could be used to check if something has had its name changed with SetName, I guess.

[schlangster]

Well let's say you want to check if the name of X starts with "ABC".

 

With 2 dummy objects P and Q, you could do setName P "ABC000000", setName Q "ABCZZZZZZZ", then use compareNames to check if X would be sorted after P but before Q (which means its name has to be ABCxxxxxxxx). The new setNameEx command makes that even more effective.

Edited June 12, 2011 by schlangster

[sagittarius22]

Well let's say you want to check if the name of X starts with "ABC".

 

With 2 dummy objects P and Q, you could do setName P "ABC000000", setName Q "ABCZZZZZZZ", then use compareNames to check if X would be sorted after P but before Q (which means its name has to be ABCxxxxxxxx). The new setNameEx command makes that even more effective.

Thanks! Is there any documentation about this SetNameEx command?

[schlangster]

 

Thanks! Is there any documentation about this SetNameEx command?

The OBSE command doc contains information about it: http://obse.silverlock.org/obse_command_doc.html