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formatted string on dialog help - masterart - 09.02.2019

pawn Code:

strcat(string, "%s has made you a level %d admin!", name, level);
ShowPlayerDialog(playerid, 6, DIALOG_STYLE_MSGBOX, "Euphoria", string, "Ok", "");

gives me this error:

pawn Code:

error 035: argument type mismatch (argument 3)

Re: formatted string on dialog help - ComDuck - 09.02.2019

You're not using strcat properly. Read the SA-MP Wiki on its parameters. Use the format callback instead.

Re: formatted string on dialog help - masterart - 09.02.2019

pawn Code:

format(string, "%s has made you a level %d admin!", name, level);

gives the same error

Re: formatted string on dialog help - Proxus - 09.02.2019

Have you done:

Code:

new string[24];

You'll need to do this otherwise it won't work.
Also, you can change [24] to anything you want, it was just an example of the strlength.

Re: formatted string on dialog help - ComDuck - 09.02.2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by masterart

pawn Code:

format(string, "%s has made you a level %d admin!", name, level);

gives the same error

Because you didn't follow the format callback's parameters correctly. You forgot to include the size of the variable you are storing the string into.

Code:

format(string, sizeof(string), "%s has made you a level %d admin!", name, level);

Re: formatted string on dialog help - Mazio - 09.02.2019

Greetings Masterart,

After having a look on your code, one can simply tell that you have not read Format callback properly over wiki.

Use this:

Code:

format(string, sizeof(string), "%s has made you a level %d admin!", name, level);

You forgot

Code:

sizeof(string)

Re: formatted string on dialog help - masterart - 09.02.2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by ComDuck

Because you didn't follow the format callback's parameters correctly. You forgot to include the size of the variable you are storing the string into.

Code:

format(string, sizeof(string), "%s has made you a level %d admin!", name, level);

this worked, thanks guys!