How to carry over variable values accross generations?

[gilroff]

Or maybe even save the values in files to use in the next session.

[ThereforeGames]

Hi @gilroff,

Closest thing I can think of is the [remember] shortcode, which allows specific variables to persist over the course of a batch run.

In order to keep variables across sessions, I would probably have to implement a new shortcode like [json]... it's not a bad idea. EDIT: Or perhaps new kwargs for [get] and [set] to read/write from an external file.

[gilroff]

oh thankss. saving across sessions would be very cool with get and set. again thanks for the help and the awesome extension.

[ThereforeGames]

Hello again,

Just wanted to let you know that you can [get] and [set] variables from a JSON file as of Unprompted v9.16.0.

This is achieved with the new _external kwarg. Here are some examples:

• You can [get some_var _external="c:/files/data.json"]. Unprompted will fetch the value of some_var from the specified JSON file and also update the variable accordingly. This means you will be able to use [get some_var] later in your code without having to call up the file again.
• You can [set some_var _external="c:/files/data.json"]100[/set]. Unprompted will set the value of some_var to 100, and then write {"some_var":100} into your JSON file.
• The filepath goes through Unprompted.parse_filepath() which means that it supports paths relative to the Unprompted folder, absolute paths, paths that do or don't end in .json, and even wildcard paths ending in *.

Additionally, I implemented _all_external as follows:

• You can [get _all_external="c:/files/data.json"] to load every variable found in the specified JSON file. Note that this will not print the variables, just load them.
• You can [sets _all_external="c:/files/data.json"] to write all of your user variables into the specified JSON file. Note that you must do this using [sets] not [set].

Check the Manual for more info and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

[gilroff]

Omg thankyou so much. this is very useful for my use.