How to get rid rid of {EXP::...}

[A Former User]

I have an array full of SampleMaps from expansions... looks somewhat like this:

[
    "{EXP::LIGHTER}UB_TH_ACM_KITCHEN GLITCH",
    "{EXP::LIGHTER}Lighter",
    "{EXP::LIGHTER}GIO_TEXTURES",
    "{EXP::LIGHTER}Ghosts in the Machines"
  ]

Now I want my viewport to show the names of the SampleMap only, without the {EXP::...LIGHTER} in front of it... How do I do that? Probably a little for loop... but what to put in there? Thanks for any advice on this!

[ustk]

@UrsBollhalder

var myString = "{EXP::LIGHTER}UB_TH_ACM_KITCHEN GLITCH";
myString = myString.replace("{EXP::LIGHTER}", "");

[A Former User]

@ustk Thanks!!! Now. I've been fiddling around but can't figure out how to do that with the whole array?! I am trying something like this but obviously it doesn't work:

    inline function loadSampleFromViewport(component, value)
    {
       var name = expSampleMaps[value].join("\n"); // this is an array of 4 names... and not a string...
       name = name.replace("{EXP::LIGHTER}", ""); 
       
       ViewportsExp[1].set("items", name.join("\n"));  
    }
    
    ViewportsExp[0].setControlCallback(loadSampleFromViewport);

[ustk]

@UrsBollhalder
I can't test right now, but try this:

inline function loadSampleFromViewport(component, value)
{
    for (n in name)
        n.replace("{EXP::LIGHTER}", ""); 
       
    ViewportsExp[1].set("items", name.join("\n"));  
}
    
ViewportsExp[0].setControlCallback(loadSampleFromViewport);

[A Former User]

@ustk Awesome! Thanks so much. I’ll give it a go and can do some more digging if necessary!! 🥳

[d.healey]

How are you populating the array initially?

[A Former User]

@d-healey said in How to get rid rid of {EXP::...}:

How are you populating the array initially?

for(e in expHandler.getExpansionList()){
            expansionNames.push(e.getProperties().Name);
            expSampleMaps.push(e.getSampleMapList()); 
        }

Like this.

[d.healey]

@UrsBollhalder Good :)

[A Former User]

@d-healey said in How to get rid rid of {EXP::...}:

@UrsBollhalder Good :)

:grinning_face_with_sweat:

[A Former User]

@d-healey @ustk Maybe not the most elegant, but it works... couldn't make the replace function working! So I split....

    const var ViewportsExp = [Content.getComponent("vwpExp"),
                          Content.getComponent("vwpSampleMaps")];


    ViewportsExp[0].set("useList", true);
    ViewportsExp[1].set("useList", true);
    ViewportsExp[0].set("items", expansionNames.join("\n"));
    
    const var namesExp = [];
    
    inline function loadSampleFromViewport(component, value)
    {
       namesExp.clear();
       var name = expSampleMaps[value]; 
    
       for (n in name){
           
           var sp = n.split("}");          
           namesExp.push(sp[1]);
       }
      
       ViewportsExp[1].set("items", namesExp.join("\n"));  
    }
    
    ViewportsExp[0].setControlCallback(loadSampleFromViewport);

[d.healey]

@UrsBollhalder Yeah replace won't work unless all of the sample maps are from the same expansion. You could also use substring().

[ustk]

@d-healey @UrsBollhalder I don't know very much expansions, but I thought there was a way to get the expansion name like:

n.replace("{EXP::" + getExpansionName() + "}", ""); 

[A Former User]

@ustk That looks rather solid as well tbh!