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Function: integer llGetInventoryType( string name );


0.0	Forced Delay
10.0	Energy

Returns an integer that is the type of the inventory item name

• string

name

–

The name of an inventory item.

This function returns the inventory type of the requested inventory item.
If the item does not exist, INVENTORY_NONE is returned.

{

Examples

Useful Snippets

<lsl> string InventoryName(string name, integer type) {//finds an item in a case insensitive fashion of the given type and returns its true name.

   integer a = llGetInventoryType(name); 
   if(!~a)//a == INVENTORY_NONE
   {//it should be noted that INVENTORY_NONE == INVENTORY_ALL == -1; which is why '!~a' works.
       string lc_name = llToLower(name);
       a = llGetInventoryNumber(type);
       while(a)
       {//(a = ~-a) is equivalent to --a, but runs faster.
           if(llToLower(name = llGetInventoryName(type, a = ~-a)) == lc_name)
           {//we found a match ^_^
               return name;
           }
       }
   }
   else if((a == type) ^ (!~type))//return name, aslong as a == type or type == INVENTORY_ALL
   {//we already know that a != INVENTORY_NONE, but just incase we use xor instead of or.
       return name;
   }
   return "";//no match ~_~

}

integer InventoryExists(string name, integer type) {//only included to show how this type of check could be done if the value of 'type' is not constant and could be INVENTORY_ALL.

   return (llGetInventoryType(name) == type) ^ (!~type);

}//Since INVENTORY_ALL == INVENTORY_NONE, the extra part on the end is required to invert the result. </lsl>

Deep Notes

Signature
function integer llGetInventoryType( string name );

The correct title of this article is llGetInventoryType. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.

integer llGetInventoryType( string name);

name -

Specification

Caveats

Case sensitive

Examples

Helper Functions

Notes

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integer llGetInventoryType( string name);

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@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 |p1_type=string
 |p1_name=name
-|func_footnote=Returns the type of the inventory name
+|p1_desc=The name of an inventory item.
-|return_text
+|func_footnote=This function returns the inventory type of the requested inventory item.<br />
+If the item does not exist, INVENTORY_NONE is returned.
+|return_text=that is the type of the inventory item name
 |spec
 |caveats
 |examples
-|helpers
+|helpers=
+<lsl>
+string InventoryName(string name, integer type)
+{//finds an item in a case insensitive fashion of the given type and returns its true name.
+    integer a = llGetInventoryType(name);
+    if(!~a)//a == INVENTORY_NONE
+    {//it should be noted that INVENTORY_NONE == INVENTORY_ALL == -1; which is why '!~a' works.
+        string lc_name = llToLower(name);
+        a = llGetInventoryNumber(type);
+        while(a)
+        {//(a = ~-a) is equivalent to --a, but runs faster.
+            if(llToLower(name = llGetInventoryName(type, a = ~-a)) == lc_name)
+            {//we found a match ^_^
+                return name;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if((a == type) ^ (!~type))//return name, aslong as a == type or type == INVENTORY_ALL
+    {//we already know that a != INVENTORY_NONE, but just incase we use xor instead of or.
+        return name;
+    }
+    return "";//no match ~_~
+}
+integer InventoryExists(string name, integer type)
+{//only included to show how this type of check could be done if the value of 'type' is not constant and could be INVENTORY_ALL.
+    return (llGetInventoryType(name) == type) ^ (!~type);
+}//Since INVENTORY_ALL == INVENTORY_NONE, the extra part on the end is required to invert the result.
+</lsl>
 |related
 |also
@@ Line 78: / Line 108: @@
 == [[LSL_Type_integer|integer]] llGetInventoryType( [[LSL_Type_string|string]] name); ==
 <div style="padding: 0.5em">
-* name - The name of an inventory item.
+* name -
 </div>
 </div>
@@ Line 87: / Line 117: @@
 == Specification ==
 <div style="padding: 0.5em">
-This function returns the inventory type of the requested inventory item.<br />
-If the item does not exist, INVENTORY_NONE is returned.
@@ Line 116: / Line 145: @@
 == Helper Functions ==
 <div style="padding: 0.5em">
-<lsl>
-string InventoryName(string name, integer type)
-{//finds an item in a case insensitive fashion of the given type and returns its true name.
-    integer a = llGetInventoryType(name);
-    if(!~a)//a == INVENTORY_NONE
-    {//it should be noted that INVENTORY_NONE == INVENTORY_ALL == -1; which is why '!~a' works.
-        string lc_name = llToLower(name);
-        a = llGetInventoryNumber(type);
-        while(a)
-        {//(a = ~-a) is equivalent to --a, but runs faster.
-            if(llToLower(name = llGetInventoryName(type, a = ~-a)) == lc_name)
-            {//we found a match ^_^
-                return name;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    else if((a == type) ^ (!~type))//return name, aslong as a == type or type == INVENTORY_ALL
-    {//we already know that a != INVENTORY_NONE, but just incase we use xor instead of or.
-        return name;
-    }
-    return "";//no match ~_~
-}
-integer InventoryExists(string name, integer type)
-{//only included to show how this type of check could be done if the value of 'type' is not constant and could be INVENTORY_ALL.
-    return (llGetInventoryType(name) == type) ^ (!~type);
-}//Since INVENTORY_ALL == INVENTORY_NONE, the extra part on the end is required to invert the result.
-</lsl>
 </div>
 </div>