Using Actions in Screen Language to Append to arrays?

[babyfish]

A certain headscratcher has been bugging me for quite some time now (Yes, I'm back to working on my project again, bits and pieces at a time), and I'm hoping someone could help me out.

Is there any action at all in Screen Language that allows me to somehow append to arrays?

For example, at initialization, I have an array that determines the inventory that the character has in possession at the start of the game.

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    python:
        inventory= [
            (potion),
            (item_uniform),
            (item_partydress),        
            ]

I also have a screen, a shop function basically, that I would like to be able to inventory.append using Screen Language. More specifically, through a textbutton. Think this is possible with an action? or will I have to recreate my screen in python code in order to do this?

Thanks bunches, hope I didn't confuse anyone~

~fish

[saguaro]

You can have the textbutton action use a function that appends an element to a list. If the function has an argument, you curry it first.

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screen shop:
    ...
    textbutton "Buy" action BuyItem(item)

...

init python:
    def buy_item(item):
        ...
        inventory.append(item)

    BuyItem = renpy.curry(buy_item)

[babyfish]

managed to find a way around this problem, but nice to know I can define new screen actions if I need to

Thanks!