The preprocessor that is used for arma 3 sqf scripts is not able to handle a double quote which is included in a single quoted string. E.G ' something " something' That results in one of your internal variables to be set to "alright no parsing until next double quote" and this leads to the error cases described below.
Description
Description
Details
Details
- Severity
- Minor
- Resolution
- Open
- Reproducibility
- Always
- Operating System
- Windows 7
- Operating System Version
- latest stable build
- Category
- Scripting
Steps To Reproduce
#define arma3iscool configFile
diag_log('Your ' + getText( arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ) + ' is ready'); // works
diag_log('Your "' + getText( arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ) + '" is ready'); // does not workresults of this code executed in a .sqf script is:
2017/11/27, 21:45:05 "Your Offroad is ready"
2017/11/27, 21:45:05 Error in expression <s ready');
diag_log('Your "' + getText( arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offro>
2017/11/27, 21:45:05 Error position: <arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offro>
2017/11/27, 21:45:05 Error Undefined variable in expression: arma3iscool
2017/11/27, 21:45:05 File mpmissions\__cur_mp.Altis\init.sqf, line 7Another case that shows that proves my above explaination:
diag_log('Your " s"' + getText( arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ) + 's " is ready'); // does not workresults in
2017/11/27, 22:05:14 Error in expression <' >> 'displayName' ) + 's " is ready'); // does not work> 2017/11/27, 22:05:14 Error position: <// does not work>
Additional Information
diag_log('Your "' + getText( configFile >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ) + '" is ready'); // worksvalid output is
2017/11/27, 21:57:39 "Your ""Offroad"" is ready"
so this is legal SQF syntax
Event Timeline
Comment Actions
init.sqf content
#define arma3iscool configFile
diag_log ('Your ' + (getText (arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' )) + ' is ready');// comment
diag_log ('Your "' + (getText (arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ))+ '" is ready');// comment
diag_log (
'Your " s"'
+
(getText (arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ))
+
's " is ready'
); // commentPreprocessor output
"#line 1 ""xxx.VR\init.sqf""
diag_log ('Your ' + (getText (configFile >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' )) + ' is ready');
diag_log ('Your ""' + (getText (arma3iscool >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ))+ '"" is ready');
diag_log (
'Your "" s""'
+
(getText (configFile >> 'CfgVehicles' >> 'C_offroad_01_f' >> 'displayName' ))
+
's "" is ready'
); // comment"