Function getVariableObjectField

Engine/source/console/console.cpp:773–816

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bool getVariableObjectField(const char *name, SimObject **object, const char **field)
{
   // get the field info from the object..
   const char *dot = dStrchr(name, '.');
   if(name[0] != '$' && dot)
   {
      S32 len = dStrlen(name);
      AssertFatal(len < sizeof(scratchBuffer)-1, "Sim::getVariable - name too long");
      dMemcpy(scratchBuffer, name, len+1);

      char * token = dStrtok(scratchBuffer, ".");
      SimObject * obj = Sim::findObject(token);
      if(!obj)
         return false;

      token = dStrtok(0, ".\0");
      if(!token)
         return false;

      while(token != NULL)
      {
         const char * val = obj->getDataField(StringTable->insert(token), 0);
         if(!val)
            return false;

         char *fieldToken = token;
         token = dStrtok(0, ".\0");
         if(token)
         {
            obj = Sim::findObject(token);
            if(!obj)
               return false;
         }
         else
         {
            *object = obj;
            *field = fieldToken;
            return true;
         }
      }
   }

   return false;
}

Dictionary::Entry *getLocalVariableEntry(const char *name)
{