SOLVED - Displaying a Dictionary as a String

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SOLVED - Displaying a Dictionary as a String

#1 Post by Enchant00 »

Hello. As you can see below, I simply just want to display the items of a python dictionary as a string. I could iterate throughout the entire dictionary and display them as separate strings but I was wondering if it's possible to just use the str to convert the dictionary into a string in one go.

I tried the following:

Test 1:

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default random_dictionary = {'Test' : 1}

init python:
    random_dictionary = str('random_dictionary')  # for some reason it wants me to put in in quotes? Else I would receive a NameError: random_dictionary not defined
    
start:
    '[random_dictionary]'
    
    return
Test 2:

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default random_dictionary = {'Test' : 1}

start:
    $ random_dictionary = str(random_dictionary)
    '[random_dictionary]'
	
    return
This is the error:
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/script.rpy", line 36, in script
'[random_dictionary]'
Exception: Unknown text tag u"u'Test': 1"
Also, I thought I could use python string interpolation such as your %s or format with a text after the start but no dice apparently.
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Re: Displaying a Dictionary as a String

#2 Post by Ocelot »

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'[random_dictionary!q]'
!q is needed so Renpy would not try to parse {Data: 1} as a tag.

Also: remove init python part. It literally does nothing. And after game start it will be overwrittent by default statement execution.
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Re: Displaying a Dictionary as a String

#3 Post by Enchant00 »

Oh I see now thank :D

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