GetTranslation - can it translate pointers?

[EnterTheStory (aka tolworthy)]

My translated games work fine, except for this code:

Code: ags

function rm(String st) // used for finding room numbers from names
{	if(st ==GetTranslation("London streets"))        return 3;

How it works is this: if a hotspot has the name of a room (e.g. "London streets" is room 3) the game can use "rm(name)" to return its room number. I also list room names in an array of recently visited rooms. This works fine in English, but in other languages it breaks. So I tried this:

Code: ags

function rm(String st) // used for finding exits from names
{	if(st ==GetTranslation("London streets"))        return 3;

But get the following error:

Code: ags

misc code.asc(369): Error (line 369): Type mismatch: cannot convert 'String*' to 'string'

Any suggestions?

[Khris]

Try this:

Code: ags

  if(st.CompareTo(GetTranslation("London streets")) == 0)        return 3;

[EnterTheStory (aka tolworthy)]

Brilliant! It works! I am forever in your debt.