findObjs Question

Can you do a partial string match with findObjs? I want to store multiple values in the gmnotes in a comma delimited list and return that token/graphic if the first item in the list is the string "MyNPC" for example. Am I better off trying to search for and labeling my tokens with a status marker? How would I do that? Like this? findObjs({_type: "graphic", status_greenmarker: true}) Can anyone help me out with this? I'm not sure what to do to get a list of objects with a partial string match and if I can't I need to make sure I know how to properly search by status marker..

No, you'd need to either use filterObjs() to pass a predicate function to test the objects, or better, take the results from findObjs and filter them afterwards. let matches = filterObjs( (o) => 'graphic' === o.get('type') && true === o.get('status_greenmarker') && /MyNPC/i.test(o.get('gmnotes').split(/\s*,\s*/)[0]) ); Or better: let matches = findObjs( { type: "graphic", status_greenmarker: true}) .filter((o) => /MyNPC/i.test(o.get('gmnotes').split(/\s*,\s*/)[0])); The second is better as it can take advantage of indexing on type and possibly status_greenmarker to get results faster.

EDIT: Nevermind I think I got it.

For some reason when I output my gmnotes I get this: North%2C%203000%2C%205 It's formatting the commas as "%2C" and if there are spaces they are also formatted as a %20 Is there a function I can run on the string to fix this? Why is it doing this?

Okay so I'm using this function: decodeURIComponent And it's replacing space/commas correctly now. Now I'm running into another issue... The Aaron, do you mind if I PM you my script and you can take a look at it for me? I'll explain the trouble I'm having with it.

I don't mind at all, send it over!

No need now. With a little reading and a lot of trial and error I got what I was having trouble with figured out. I'm going to share the script with everyone when it's done still needs some work. Which brings me to a question I have: I have a global variable in this script that I want to be able to set in-app with a ! command Can you point me to any wiki articles relating to the topic or give some examples?

Persisted data is often stored in the state:&nbsp; <a href="https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Objects#state" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.roll20.net/API:Objects#state</a> I’d start with that. Be sure you understand the implications of the shared global object.&nbsp;