Correct formatting of inline rolls.

I'm writing a script that outputs an inline roll via sendChat. I'll condense it to the important part. The following works fine: output += "<p><b>" + character.get("name") + ":</b> \[\[" + die + " + \@\{" + character.get("name") + "\|strength"  + "\}\]\]</p>";  ... sendChat(msg.who, output);  The following does not work. output += "<p><b>" + character.get("name") + ":</b> \[\[" + die + " + \@\{" + character.get("name") + "\|strength_saving_throw_mod"  + "\}\]\]</p>";  ... sendChat(msg.who, output);  The only difference: strength has a value of e.g. 16, whereas strength_saving_throw_mod is e.g. 3[str] + 3[proficient] + 0[global saving throw bonus] The error message I get is Could not determine result type of: [{"type":"M","expr":"10+3"},{"type":"L","text":"str"},{"type":"M","expr":"+3"},{"type":"L","text":"proficient"},{"type":"M","expr":"+0"},{"type":"L","text":"global saving throw bonus"}] undefined Oh mighty wisdom of the API subforum, how do I make this work? Extra caveat: in the end, I actually want to make the following work: output += "<p><b>" + character.get("name") + ":</b> \[\[" + die + " + \@\{" + character.get("name") + "\|" + attrMod  + "\}\]\]</p>";  where attrMod is e.g. 'strength_saving_throw_mod'.

You don't need to escape the square brackets. "[[" + die + "]]" will work.

SkyCaptainXIII said: You don't need to escape the square brackets. "[[" + die + "]]" will work. Hmm, cool. I escaped everything I could in a frenzy, trying to get rid of the error.

Now that the API is on Javascript ES6, you can use the new  Template Literals to do this more concisely: output += `<p><b> ${character.get("name")} :</b> [[ ${die} + @{ ${character.get("name")} | ${attrMod} }]]</p>`;  Template Literals are a string denoted by backticks ( ` ) instead of single ( ' ) or double ( " ) quotes.  Within them, anything inside ${ } will be expanded to it's value, including the result of function invocations.

That's certainly nicer to write, but it still produces the same error (which happens in the line where sendChat is called).

if you change the Stength saving throw value to not have the roll tags, does it work? From that error message, it looks like it's trying to add 10+3+Str+3+Proficiency+0+global saving throw bonus and throwing an error because obviously "str", "proficiency", and "global saving throw bonus" are not numbers and so can't be added. Looks to me like the API doesn't work with roll tags (at least in this situation).

Scott C. said: if you change the Stength saving throw value to not have the roll tags, does it work? From that error message, it looks like it's trying to add 10+3+Str+3+Proficiency+0+global saving throw bonus and throwing an error because obviously "str", "proficiency", and "global saving throw bonus" are not numbers and so can't be added. Looks to me like the API doesn't work with roll tags (at least in this situation). Yes, it works without the roll tags.What I really wanted to ask, I suppose: is there a way around reading the attribute myself and stripping away all the roll tags before passing it to sendChat(which I really don't want to do, since I don't know any JS)?

Try adding 0d0 + at the beginning.

What happens if you add an additional set of inline roll brackets?

SkyCaptainXIII said: Try adding 0d0 + at the beginning. That actually did it, thanks!