Changing cash

[Tdarcos]

I'm trying to change the name of the item for cash that's in the User's pocket. I can't seem to concatenate a number to get

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property CashOnHand

object cash
{
        Cashonhand 10
        in you
        name
        {
             return "you have $" number cashonhand " cash"
         }
         is static
}

I can't get it to concatenate the symbols together so that when I do INVENTORY it would say "You Have $0 cash".  If I use a print statement instead of a return, I get two periods after the item.

[Roody_Yogurt]

Yeah, name has to return a dictionary entry, so you could either add every conceivable dollar-amount-phrase to the dictionary table (I wouldn't do this) or go a different route altogether.

Personally, I would use the "inv_desc" property instead:

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property CashOnHand

object cash "cash"
{
Cashonhand 10
in you
inv_desc
{
print "You have $" number self.cashonhand " cash."
return true
}
is static
}

Now, when the player checks his inventory, he'll get:

You have $10 cash.
You are also carrying (rest of inventory).

[Tdarcos]

Yeah, name has to return a dictionary entry, so you could either add every conceivable dollar-amount-phrase to the dictionary table (I wouldn't do this) or go a different route altogether.

Personally, I would use the "inv_desc" property instead:

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property CashOnHand

object cash "cash"
{
Cashonhand 10
in you
inv_desc
{
print "You have $" number self.cashonhand " cash."
return true
}
is static
}

Now, when the player checks his inventory, he'll get:

You have $10 cash.
You are also carrying (rest of inventory).

Thank you, it was perfect, with one exception. With yours, the output is
You have
$10
cash
It needed to be
print "You have $"; number self.cashonhand; " cash."

I had no idea it would insert newlines between items, I only thought it did that if you didn't end the line with a semi-colon, not if you didn't put one after each item.

But thank you otherwise, it's perfect and exactly what I wanted.