(JustinS) Entity is null but still exists?!?!

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I have this script that chokes other entities when looking at them, for x duration. If, during choking, I look away, I should have a very short chance at looking at another entity to choke instead, before everything cancels. It almost works, besides the fact that when I DO NOT look at an entity, - narrate "target exists: <[target].exists>" returns TRUE. HOW!??!?!
https://paste.denizenscript.com/View/123088

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(JustinS) Entity is null but still exists?!?!

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Ill get some logs

In this scenario I look at the polar bear for 2 hits (2x - hurt command), look away for 2 hits, and look at a different polar bear for 2 hits
https://paste.denizenscript.com/View/123089
What should happen:
The polar bear gets hurt twice, and because I looked away for 2 hits, it should stop the script and all the force powers should get their cooldown removed if applicable (see the foreach)

Im lost

[woven jetty]

parens in an if command need spaces on both sides of em - ie they need to be independent arguments

otherwise they just become part of the text

can use /denizen debug -v to see debug about how the if command is parsing

    - define a false
    - define b false
    - if (<[a]> && <[b]>) || (<[a]> || <[b]>):
        - narrate hi

this for example will do the narrate despite all inputs being "false" because the inputs are actually (false and false) both of which aren't false exactly

[turbid fog]

Alright so I did that

but narrate "target exists: <[target].exists>" still returns true

[tired warren]

What does it say when you narrate <[target]>?

[turbid fog]

so it is null, but it also exists

Am I using exists wrong?

!tag exists

[ionic elk]

Cannot Specify Searched Tag

Multiple possible tags: <schematic[<name>].exists>, <ObjectTag.exists>, <server.scoreboard[<board>].exists>.

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!tag objecttag.exists

[ionic elk]

Tag: <ObjectTag.exists>

Returns true if the object exists (is non-null). Returns false if the object doesn't exist, is null, or the tag errored.
This functions as a fallback - meaning, if the tag up to this point errors, that error will be hidden.

Returns

ElementTag(Boolean)

[turbid fog]

no it should work

[tired warren]

Yea so you set a fallback to null

So this definition exists now.

You put a string "null" to it.

You'd have to make a null check

- if <[target]> == null:
  - narrate "<&[error]>Target does not exist!"
  - stop

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alright

It was suggested to me to use .exists instead of == null so I did that and now I need the opposite lol

[tired warren]

It always depends on how you handle things.

[turbid fog]

I changed all of them to != null, and now it doesnt hurt the polar bear anymre

[tired warren]

!info haste debug

[ionic elk]

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https://paste.denizenscript.com/View/123091

wait I messed up

1 sec

ooooh yes it almost works

I just had a few != set to == or vice versa

[austere geode]

it would be great if vsc would highlight incorrect spacing
I sometimes miss them, so strange things appear that are difficult to find

[turbid fog]

fuck yes it finally works

thanks guys!