Retrieving unit name

[number3]

Is there a way to retrieve the names of units within a group?

 

And do unit names have to be unique across groups?

 

Example: if I have 2 groups of 2 units. Can both groups have units with the names 'Unit truck' and 'Unit AAA'?

[Wrecking Crew]

Unit names are unique.

 

You would end up with 'Unit truck', 'Unit truck #001', Unit truck #002', ...

 

Can't answer the other question, though.

 

WC

[ENO]

I might be inclined to look at the CTTS script since you seem to know your way around code and he seems to have figured out to pull certain units into his script ( with particular unit names)

 

Sorry I can't be more help.

[Grimes]

If you have a group name or group object you can use Group.getUnits() which returns a table of unit objects. From there you can iterate through each item and use Unit.getName() on the object.

 

Likewise if you have a single units name or unit object you can use Unit.getGroup() followed by what was described above.

 

for i, unitTable in pairs(Unit.getByName('myUnit'):getGroup():getUnits()) do

env.info(Unit.getName(unitTable))

end

[number3]

If you have a group name or group object you can use Group.getUnits() which returns a table of unit objects. From there you can iterate through each item and use Unit.getName() on the object.

 

Likewise if you have a single units name or unit object you can use Unit.getGroup() followed by what was described above.

 

for i, unitTable in pairs(Unit.getByName('myUnit'):getGroup():getUnits()) do

env.info(Unit.getName(unitTable))

end

 

That was straight forward.

 

But I don't see any mention of Unit.getName in part 1 or 2 of the scripting engine pages http://wiki.hoggit.us/view/Simulator_Scripting_Engine_Documentation.

[Grimes]

The Unit class extends the Object class: http://wiki.hoggit.us/view/Part_2#Object

 

So all of the functions for Object can be used on units.

[number3]

Thanks. I remember reading that in one of the scripting engine pages now that you mention it.

[Yuriks]

On 12/20/2013 at 2:55 AM, Grimes said:

for i, unitTable in pairs(Unit.getByName('myUnit'):getGroup():getUnits()) do

env.info(Unit.getName(unitTable))

end

@Grimes 

I am trying to get a unit name from a 'banditGroup' could you explain this syntax 

pairs(Unit.getByName('myUnit'):getGroup():getUnits())

especially the use 1) ":"  2) and where to you call for particular group to dig in? 

[toutenglisse]

4 hours ago, Yuriks said:

...could you explain this syntax...

the complete line means for each value, refered as unitTable, inside the table of Units made of all units from the group that the Unit named 'myUnit' belongs to, do what follows in the code.

Unit.getByName('myUnit'):getGroup():getUnits() is the same than Group.getUnits(Unit.getGroup(Unit.getByName('myUnit')))

Edited April 16, 2022 by toutenglisse
corrected

[Yuriks]

 ":" here is not the same as Self in functions?

[toutenglisse]

3 hours ago, Yuriks said:

 ":" here is not the same as Self in functions?

yes (and I forgot to add the Group. and Unit. for functions without the ":").