Using a list as temporary Storage?

[buoyant violet]

I’m very confused on what your trying to make…..

[torn dirge]

like I want to try use a list to store strings

[buoyant violet]

1. your list create doesn’t have anything so it gonna output “error”

[torn dirge]

ikt but creating a list with a string will leave a blank output

if I get any element

[buoyant violet]

2. If you wanna store things use a String list variable make sure you set it to cloud

[torn dirge]

for what I am doing I dont want to use a variable

[buoyant violet]

What are you trying to do

[torn dirge]

store strings in a list

no

just that instance

[buoyant violet]

OH i’m silly

Put the String Conact into the list create

[buoyant violet]

Yup

[buoyant violet]

Oh no…. The god of circuits it’s here (just hand this off to him 🫸✉️ —>)

[torn dirge]

[flat flicker]

Any list modifying chips like List Add or List Set Element only work on list variables, not read only lists

List Create is a read only list, it reads the input values and outputs them in order as a list
Get All Players is a read only list, it reads all players in the room and outputs them in order from oldest to newest

[torn dirge]

ok so is there Anything other than using a variable

[flat flicker]

Everything is working as intended, minus the list variable

If you want to initialize a list variable to some already made list like a List Create, just set the list variable to that list create

[torn dirge]

Im trying to set an element to something so I can read it again when its needed

what is the list set element for if its not related to setting the element of a list to something else

[flat flicker]

Yes

First, set the List<String> Variable to the List Create
This will set the list stored inside the List<String> Variable to the list output from the List Create

Now that you have done that, you can use List Set Element to set the element at a certain index to a certain value in the List<String> Variable

[torn dirge]

This im confused by the wording

[flat flicker]

Yes!

When executing the input execution on the List<String> Variable, it will set the list stored inside to a copy of the list output from the List Create
Because you have a blank list create, it will clear the list stored inside the List<String> Variable when executed

Remember that variables with the same name store the same values

[torn dirge]

omg

ty lmao

[flat flicker]

Congradulations, you have learned step one of lists

You will learn lists very quickly, and could possibly learn advanced list optimization in the future, being able to store insane amounts of data for very low CPU

[torn dirge]

so will this reset all of them

[flat flicker]

i love lists

[torn dirge]

like clear all of the indexes?

[flat flicker]

No, this will set the List<String> Variable to a List<String> containing 1 blank string

The List Create needs to have no inputs in order to set the variable to a blank list

[torn dirge]

oh mb i forgot to remove that

this would..?

[flat flicker]

Correct

[flat flicker]

Remember that variables of the same name will store the same values
This is why you should rename your variables

[slow night]

I’m pretty sure it just makes an empty list

[torn dirge]

yeah ima rename it

[buoyant violet]

I understand what this is now

[torn dirge]

man my head was gonna die if I did something else so ty for the help

[flat flicker]

Here is a weird issue you are going to run into with lists

If you have 2 list variables, im going to call "A" and "B"

If you set variable "A" to variable "B", and modify either A or B, both will be modified and store the same values
This is because they are not copying lists from each other, they are storing the same reference to the same list

If you want variable "A" to store a copy of variable "B" and not a reference to variable "B", you need to use the chip List Copy, which outputs an identical list with a different reference

[buoyant violet]

Why can’t he just put the list concat into the list create then into the list variable?

I’m genuinely just curious

Not to go against your work

[flat flicker]

Why would you? List Concat would cost more CPU

The reason we used List Concat before is because List Copy didnt exist, but now it does, so you dont need to use List Concat to create a new reference anymore, you can just use List Copy

[torn dirge]

I know that setting the "float variable" on this one will set it to both of the lower two but wont set it to the top one, vice versa for the "float Variable 2"

forgot to send oops

[flat flicker]

Oh, this thing ONLY applies to list variables, not to regular variables

[torn dirge]

Oh i might have read something wrong

mbmb

[flat flicker]

you replied to my sentence talking about a weird interaction between list variables

If you were referring to me talking about variables of the same name storing the same value, here is how they are "grouped" base on their names

[torn dirge]

yeah I reread your ping and I was confusing it for something else

anyway cheers