[SOLVED] Display the first letters of the [MC] name?

[liagel]

Hello!

I would have a question about displaying the [MC]'s name.
In a dialogue between two characters, I would like one of them to say only the first letters of the name:

Example: [MC]'s name is Superman.

ch1 "What's his name?"
ch2 "His name is Sup... Clark! His name is Clark!"

So, I have made the usual to ask for [MC]'s name:

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define h = Character("[MC]", color="#ffffff")
(...)
label nameMC:
    $ hero = renpy.input("What is your Name?", allow=" 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", length=10)
(...)
etc.

Now, how can I display the first two or three first letters of my MC?

If someone has an idea, I would be grateful

[Per K Grok]

Hello!

I would have a question about displaying the [MC]'s name.
In a dialogue between two characters, I would like one of them to say only the first letters of the name:

Example: [MC]'s name is Superman.

ch1 "What's his name?"
ch2 "His name is Sup... Clark! His name is Clark!"

So, I have made the usual to ask for [MC]'s name:

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define h = Character("[MC]", color="#ffffff")
(...)
label nameMC:
    $ hero = renpy.input("What is your Name?", allow=" 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", length=10)
(...)
etc.

Now, how can I display the first two or three first letters of my MC?

If someone has an idea, I would be grateful

You could do this,

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label nameMC:
    $ hero = renpy.input("What is your Name?", allow=" 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ", length=10)
    $ shorthero= hero[:3]

    e "Hello [shorthero]..."

[Remix]

For just truncating from the start (as pyformat does not support mid string truncation) you could (untested) just use:

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   "The first 3 letters of your name are: [hero:.3]"

In the next release (or nightlies) you could also add !c or to force upper case first letter btw, "[hero:.3!c]"

[liagel]

For just truncating from the start (as pyformat does not support mid string truncation) you could (untested) just use:

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   "The first 3 letters of your name are: [hero:.3]"

In the next release (or nightlies) you could also add !c or to force upper case first letter btw, "[hero:.3!c]"

Yes Remix! It works perfectly!

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ch "His name is [hero:.3]... Clark! His name is Clark."

gives : His name is Sup... Clark! His name is Clark. (The uppercase is displayed.)

Thank you Remix and thank you Per K Grok.