[SOLVED]Use a variable as a tag in show statement

[thorskin]

I have a complex scene with different characters who can have different poses and clothing

For each character I create a string with the image name (png file)
and use :

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label start :
  $ index = 0
  while index < 10
    show expression thestring[index]
    $ index = index + 1

Now I want to add a tag to each character

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define mytags = ["girl1","girl2",.... ]  # actually created in a while loop

label start :
  $ index = 0
  while index < 10
    show expression thestring[index] as mytags[index]
    $ index = index + 1

But I don't find the correct syntax to do it.
ie how to convert a string into a tag to use as parameter for the as transform.

[Ocelot]

Use renpy.show Python function instead.

[thorskin]

Thanks,
$ renpy.show(thestring[index], tag = mytags[index])

I already tried this syntax but was getting an error : name 'mytags[index]' is not defined
and I thought my syntax was wrong.
But the error was elsewhere : the mytags array was empty when this line was called.

[thorskin]

My first attempt was :

$ renpy.show(thestring[index], tag = "girl[index]")

thinking that interpolation would work and that the tags would be "girl1","girl2" ...
but actually interpolation does not work here and the tags were always "girl[index]"
and I was only seeing the last one in the list.

actually the easier way to do what I want is :

$ renpy.show(thestring[index], tag = "girl" + str(index) )

anyway, thanks for the answer

[Ocelot]

RenPy interpolation works only for RenPy statements. If you use Python (in Python block, Python one-liners or Python expressions) you need to perform Python formatting.