Hello
Is there a command to take a variable string value ("Blue") to be use in a color definition.
Martin
String to color number
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JoshM
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Re: String to color numver
Not that I'm aware of.Is there a command to take a variable string value ("Blue") to be use in a color definition.
Btw, the reserved word Blue is a constant for the RGB value for the colour blue. Little tip: make a function that has the colour name as input, then uses a switch statement to return the RGB colour for that name.
As a starting point (needs to be tested and expanded on), the function named "NameToColour":
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Inputs:
ColourName(StringSimple);
Variables:
colourInLowerString(""); // not case-sensitive anymore
colourInLowerString = LowerStr(ColourName);
switch (colourInLowerString ) begin
case "blue":
NameToColour = RGB(0, 0, 255);
case "black":
NameToColour = RGB(0, 0, 0);
end;
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SetPlotColor(1, NameToColour("black"));
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Re: String to color numver
Hello
Is there a command to take a variable string value ("Blue") to be use in a color definition.
Martin
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if mystring = "Blue" then color = blue;
if mystring = "Red" then color = red;
if mystring = "Green" then color = green;
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Re: String to color numver
Yes, they're listed here. Btw, there are a lot of other pretty colours (see here) that you could use in case you want more than one type of green or blue.If I recall, there is 17 reserved word for color, I will need to reference each of them. Dull to do, but possible.