Help: Using the string from one array to call info from another array?

jbskaggs

`var cardID =["c0","c1","c2","c3","c4","c5","c6","c7","c8","c9","c10","c11","c12","c13","c14"]

var c0 = ["res://joker0warundeadcards.png", randi()%30] #joker1

var cardarrayindex=0`

Okay here is my problem. I shuffle the array cardID.shuffle() just fine. Then I want to call the first item in the array cardID[0] which gives me the name of the 2nd array and then my thinking breaks down.

var a = cardID[cardarrayindex]   ok this line works
	print(str(a)[0])  this fails as does print(a.0)  or print(a[0])
    which I need to place in:
	$Control/TextureRect.texture.load(str(a.[0]))

So I just want to shuffle the first array, load first entry. Use that entry to call up a 2nd array and load first entry as string for texture load.

Thanks JB

TwistedTwigleg

What do you get when you print using print(a)? From what I can gather from the posted code, it should return a string like "c0" or "c8", since cardID is an array/list. Printing a directly should help by figuring out what type is stored in a.

jbskaggs

@TwistedTwigleg said: What do you get when you print using print(a)? From what I can gather from the posted code, it should return a string like "c0" or "c8", since cardID is an array/list. Printing a directly should help by figuring out what type is stored in a.

Update:

Thanks for the help. here is where I have gotten since I posted earlier:

func _on_DeckButton_pressed():
	
	var a = cardID[cardarrayindex]
	var b =get(a)[0]
	print(a+" :"+b)
    $Control/TextureRect.texture.load(b)

which is correct: print(a+" :"+b) now gives:

c0 : "res://joker0warundeadcards.png"

but when I run the next line:

$Control/TextureRect.texture.load(b) it does not load and gives this error

E 0:00:04:0251 Condition ' header[0] != 'G' || header[1] != 'D' || header[2] != 'S' || header[3] != 'T' ' is true. returned: ERR_FILE_CORRUPT <C Source> scene/resources/texture.cpp:499 @ load_data() <Stack Trace> deck.gd:71 @ on_DeckButton_pressed()

jbskaggs

FOund it! $Control/TextureRect.texture.load(b) should have been $Control/TextureRect.texture=load(b)

cybereality

Glad you found it and thanks for following up.