Can't copy text into a file?

[RickL]

If you Make a file, you can't copy keywords into it? Only numbers? I'm on a level where I need to verify which host to go to using a keyword in a file, but I can't test against it in any kind of way so I'm completely stumped. I thought of converting the keyword to a number that would indicate the # of rooms the EXA would have to move, but since I can't test against keywords, I can't seem to convert this to a number.

[Enlino]

What exactly are you trying to do? (As in, what commands are giving an error?).

You should be able to copy and compare keywords just fine, although you can't convert keywords to a number or vice versa. You also can't hardcode your own keywords - they have to be copied from elsewhere in the network.

[RickL]

I'm at the UC Berkeley mission and there are three hosts holding files, TAPE-1, TAPE-2 and TAPE-3. Which host you're supposed to go to is a keyword in a starting file, 300 I think. I originally wanted to copy this keyword to X, have my EXA go to TAPE-1, check against the keyword, and if it doesn't match, move to 2 and check again, etc. The thing is, I can't test against a specific keyword. TEST X = TAPE-1 doesn't work.

[Enlino]

Right, like I said, you can't hard code keywords into your source code.

In this case, you're probably missing the HOST command. HOST X copies the name of the current host into X. You can compare that value to the original keyword to see if they match.

[RickL]

Ahhhh that'll do it. Thanks!

[YXWEB]

had the same problem, thanks