#(Zeelia) Add a key & value to a data script container

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abstract mantle
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Hi! I have created a data script container which contains static data for a custom quest system.
This data script is saved inside a player flag to keep track of which quests the player has accepted.
Now, I want to add a dynamic key and value to the data script before adding it to the player flag.
However, when I try to add the dynamic data, I can't use the data script anymore, I can't get any values from it.
Is there a way to add a dynamic value, or are data script containers static, or am I doing it wrong?

quest_test:
    type: data

    name: Test Quest 1
    description: hello
    steps_list:
        1: Talk to the NPC
        2: Bla bla
        3: Bla bla bla
    rewards:
        apple: 4

quest_save:
    type: world
    events:
        on player kills entity:
            - define questWithStep <script[quest_test]>.currentstep:1
            - flag player quests:->:questWithStep
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(Zeelia) Add a key & value to a data script container

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frosty thistle
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    events:
        on player kills entity:
            - define questWithStep <script[quest_test]>.currentstep:1
            - flag player quests:->:questWithStep

there are many things wrong here

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i'd say you fix these first

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regarding dynamic values, they are static, but they do not parse tags within them

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so you can have tags in there, and use the tags

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!t parsed_key

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frosty thistle
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!t scripttag.parsed_key

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# frosty thistle !t scripttag.parsed_key
Tag: <ScriptTag.parsed_key[<key_name>]>

Returns the value from a data key on the script as an ElementTag, ListTag, or MapTag.
Will automatically parse any tags contained within the value of the key, preserving key data structure
(meaning, a tag that returns a ListTag, inside a data list, will insert a ListTag inside the returned ListTag, as you would expect).

Returns

ObjectTag

frosty thistle
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!t elementtag.parsed

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frosty thistle
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to parse them at runtime

abstract mantle
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Thank you!! I'll take a look at it!

austere burrow
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Keep in mind that this tag shouldn't be used, if the element that's getting parsed relies on user input.

abstract mantle
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Thank you Icecapade, there's no user input involved!

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Can you give me a few more pointers, I don't quite understand what I need to do.
I started with getting the parsed version of my data script, as it would allow me to dynamically add a key and value to the data script, if I understand correctly?
And then I tried to add my key and value by parsing it into the parsed data script, but it doesn't work. I know I've definitely misunderstood 😂

- define questWithStep <script[quest_test].parsed>
- define questWithStep questWithStep.parsed_key[mynewkey]:1

Just to clarify, my goal is to take a copy of the data script, save it inside a list inside a player flag, and then add an additional key and value which wasn't in the original data script.
I basically want to save all the quest data scripts inside a list called player.flag[quests]
And I want to add a new key and value to each data script inside of that player flag list, so I can keep track of which step of the quest the player is at.

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Also tried doing something like this:

- define questWithStep <script[quest_test]>.parsed.mynewkey:1

And using ElementTag.parsed_key when trying to read the "mynewkey", but that just gives me the error Tag <[questWithStep].parsed_key[mynewkey]> is invalid!

chilly locust
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If there are tags you should consider parsed_key otherwise you should be using data_key to pull information, you can also use submapping to pull keys.

Ex: <script[my_script].data_key[rewards.apple]> will return 4 as that is the value you've submitted for apple

chilly locust
abstract mantle
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Thank you!
I am able to pull information from the data script, but only if it is already there in the beginning.
How do I go about adding new data to it?

If I do this:
- flag player quests:<script[quest_test]>
I can successfully pull any information from the data script.

But if I try to add a new key and value to the data script, I can no longer pull any data:
- flag player quests:<script[quest_test]>.parsed_key[currentstep]:1

So I think I'm not adding the new data correctly.

austere burrow
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Did you read the guide yet? It explains how tags work.

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!guide

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abstract mantle
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Sorry Icecapade! I had read the guide, but I got confused how tags work. I'm used that in other programming languages everything is calculated, whereas in Denizen everything seems to be regarded as text unless inside tags.

I couldn't figure out how to save new data inside the data script, so I simply resolved to using a flag with the data I needed to save. Thanks!