[Solved] "this is [x]" fully when x= "a bag of [fruit]"

[wjannsz]

Hi All,
Please excuse my terminology if I happen to name the wrong things
I learnt that you can embed strings in texts using []
Eg.

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fruit = "apples"
e "I really like [fruit]" #goes into I really like apples.

so the question is if I could display a variable in a renpy text line when it contains another variable.
like

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$ fruit = "apples" # or inputted dynamically
$ basket = "a bag of [fruit]"
e "this is [basket]"

and it gives me "this is a bag of apples."

How else could I approach to achieve similar results so I can call variables in variables and print them out in a text line to show? At the moment, the line will show "this is a bag of [fruit], because it doesn't recognise past the first layer of strings.

Furthermore, to explore this function further, I'm wondering if I could make the fruit variable a list

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fruitlist = [apples, bananas, coconut]
fruit = fruitlist[1]
e "I really like [fruit]" #will display as I really like bananas

or making a nested list

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foodlist = [(bananas, apples), (soup, bread)]
fruit=foodlist[0][0] #picks the fruit tuple in foodlist
main = foodlist[1][0] # picks the main meal tuple in foodlist.
e "I usually have [fruit] after [main]."

I'm not sure if I'm putting my thoughts in the right direction. Please help shed some light in this area many thanks.

[KimiYoriBaka]

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$ fruit = "apples" # or inputted dynamically
$ basket = "a bag of [fruit]"
e "this is [basket]"

strings used in say statements aren't always treated the same way as strings in python expression. I'm actually surprised your code didn't work anyway, since I thought the embedding of strings in renpy was based on python, but it might be a different version of python or just a shallow implementation.

anyway, this is the more universal way to do it:

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$ fruit = "apples" # or inputted dynamically
$ basket = "a bag of " + fruit
e "this is [basket]"

note that if you want to add a variable that isn't a string, it needs to be converted using str().

regarding using the lists, what you've got should work, as long as you use lists of strings and python statements:

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$ fruitlist = ["apples", "bananas", "coconut"]
$ fruit = fruitlist[1]
e "I really like [fruit]" #will display as I really like bananas

[wjannsz]

thank you, KimiYoriBaka!
this is exactly what I wanted and it works perfectly DD
good day to you too!