#define RESTORE_PATH "/save/cpi_indices/"
#define STOCK_EXCHANGE find_object( "/d/am/am/gomerchants" )
inherit OBJECT_OBJ;
string material_name;
mapping prices;
void setup() {
set_name( "board" );
set_short( "price board" );
set_long( "This is a large board with many small, wooden flaps attached "+
"to it. Painted onto the flaps are numbers and letters, and "+
"the display is occasionally changed by means of a small imp "+
"that seems to live inside somewhere. The board lists the "+
"purchasing prices of almost everything from gold and silk "+
"to beef and chicken livers at various places where the "+
"Merchants' Guild does business.\n" );
add_adjective( "price" );
set_main_plural( "price boards" );
add_plural( "boards" );
reset_get();
} /* setup */
int look_up(string);
void init() {
add_command("find", "<word'thing'>", (:look_up($4[0]):));
} /* init() */
void imp_effect( string phrase ) {
tell_room( STOCK_EXCHANGE, "A tiny door opens in the board, a warty imp "+
"climbs out, clambers across the surface and "+ phrase +
". The imp scowls a bit for the look of the thing, and then "+
"disappears back inside the board.\n" );
} /* imp_effect() */
void init_data( string word ) {
material_name = word;
prices = ([ ]);
} /* init_data() */
int get_data_file( string word ) {
if ( material_name != word ) {
if ( file_size( RESTORE_PATH + word +".o" ) > 0 )
unguarded((: restore_object, RESTORE_PATH + word :));
else {
init_data( word );
return 0;
}
}
return 1;
} /* get_data_file() */
void save_data_file( string word ) {
unguarded((: save_object, RESTORE_PATH + word :));
} /* save_data_file() */
int query_price( string word1, string word2 ) {
if ( !stringp( word1 ) )
return 0;
get_data_file( word1 );
if ( !prices )
return 0;
return prices[ word2 ];
} /* query_price() */
int add_price( string word1, string word2, int number ) {
get_data_file( word1 );
if ( prices[word2] != 0 ) return 0;
prices += ([ word2 : number ]);
imp_effect( "adds the price of "+ word1 +" in "+ word2 +" to the lists" );
save_data_file( material_name );
return 1;
} /* add_price() */
int modify_price( string word1, string word2, int number ) {
get_data_file( word1 );
if ( prices[word2] == 0 ) return 0;
prices[word2] = number;
imp_effect( "updates the price of "+ word1 +" in "+ word2 );
save_data_file( material_name );
return 1;
} /* modify_price() */
int remove_price( string word1, string word2 ) {
get_data_file( word1 );
if ( prices[word2] == 0 ) return 0;
map_delete( prices, word2 );
imp_effect( "removes the price of "+ word1 +" in "+ word2 +
" from the lists" );
save_data_file( material_name );
return 1;
} /* remove_price() */
int look_up( string word ) {
int i;
get_data_file( word );
if ( !m_sizeof( prices ) ) {
notify_fail( "You can't find any prices for "+ word +" on the board.\n" );
return 0;
}
if ( m_sizeof( prices ) == 1 ) {
write( "The only price on the board for "+ word +" is "+
m_values( prices )[0] +" in "+ m_indices( prices )[0] +".\n" );
} else {
write( "You find the following price list for "+ word +":\n\n" );
for ( i = 1; i < m_sizeof( prices ); i++ ) {
printf( "%6-s %7d %4|s %40-s \n", "", m_values( prices )[i], "in",
m_indices( prices )[i] +"," );
}
printf( "%6-s %7d %4|s %40-s \n", " and ", m_values( prices )[0], "in",
m_indices( prices )[0] +"." );
}
return 1;
} /* look_up() */
