string to enum

Hellcat · Post by **Hellcat** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:59 pm

hey all,
does anyone know how to convert from a string to enum? im pretty sure there's a way just cant find it right now...

thx

The Hellcat · Post by **The Hellcat** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:23 am

Problem Solved...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:50 am

And how?

The Hellcat · Post by **The Hellcat** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:12 pm

ok, here's how i originally wanted to go about it:
string whichdriver= "OpenGL"
driverType = convertfromstringtoenum(whichdriver) pseudocode

and heres how i will instead do it
if whichdriver = "OPENGL"
driverType = EDT_OPENGL

for some reason though, my if statements are never true, so i still have to mess with it...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:08 am

I realise you posted pseudocode, so this may not be what you're doing, but:
C++ uses == to compare values, and = to assign a value.

Other than that, it may be a good idea to consider that irr's string == operator is case-sensitive.

The Hellcat · Post by **The Hellcat** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:44 am

yes, that post was pseudocode. I know how to use the == operator! lol

ive messed with the capitalization a few times, but im going to try something else...i have a series of if statements...but i was thinking of doing

if whatever
else if whatever
else if whatever

instead of if whatever
if whatever
if whatever

the former was done in another reply to one of my topics so i think i might try that out and look for a difference.