Method GetString

code/game/Q3_Interface.cpp:10563–10854

}

int		CQuake3GameInterface::GetString( int entID, const char *name, char **value )
{
	gentity_t	*ent = &g_entities[entID];
	if ( !ent )
	{
		return false;
	}

	if( strlen(name) > 5 && !Q_stricmpn(name, "cvar_", 5) )
	{
		const char* cvar_name = name + 5;
		// by allocating and then re-using the same sufficiently large buffer,
		// we ensure that pointers to it never become invalid,
		// so we can support expressions using the same cvar twice,
		// e.g. if(get(cvar_x) == get(cvar_x))
		std::array<char, MAX_STRING_CHARS>& buf = m_cvars[cvar_name];
		gi.Cvar_VariableStringBuffer(cvar_name, buf.data(), buf.size());
		*value = buf.data();
		return true;
	}

	int toGet = GetIDForString( setTable, name );	//FIXME: May want to make a "getTable" as well

	switch ( toGet )
	{
	case SET_ANIM_BOTH:
		*value = (char *) Q3_GetAnimBoth( ent );

		if ( VALIDSTRING( *value ) == false )
			return false;

		break;

	case SET_PARM1:
	case SET_PARM2:
	case SET_PARM3:
	case SET_PARM4:
	case SET_PARM5:
	case SET_PARM6:
	case SET_PARM7:
	case SET_PARM8:
	case SET_PARM9:
	case SET_PARM10:
	case SET_PARM11:
	case SET_PARM12:
	case SET_PARM13:
	case SET_PARM14:
	case SET_PARM15:
	case SET_PARM16:
		if ( ent->parms )
		{
			*value = (char *) ent->parms->parm[toGet - SET_PARM1];
		}
		else
		{
			DebugPrint( WL_WARNING, "GetString: invalid ent %s has no parms!\n", ent->targetname );
			return false;
		}