I need a character ignored for a VD???

[sarf77 11]

Hi all,

 

The code below forms the beginning of a scene where I only need my staff to populate the ID numbers of any qty of lights up to a maximum of ten and then the rest of the scene references those ID numbers.

 

The scene is working well but lets say I only have 8 lights (as below) what can I put in between the brackets (as below) that will not create an error. Almost like a 'dummy" number if you will. Keeping in mind the code then calls for the value of that ID further down. 

 

 

local light1 = (98) --garage flood--
local light2 = (114)--dining pendant--
local light3 = (159)--family room--
local light4 = (109)--backyard--
local light5 = (64)-- kitchen--
local light6 = (69)--island bench--
local light7 = (36)--lounge--
local light8 = (81) --toilet--
local light9 = () --name here--
local light10 =() --name here--
local light1v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light1, 'value'));
local light2v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light2, 'value'));
local light3v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light3, 'value'));
local light4v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light4, 'value'));
local light5v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light5, 'value'));
local light6v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light6, 'value'));
local light7v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light7, 'value'));
local light8v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light8, 'value'));
local light9v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light9, 'value'));
local light10v = tonumber (fibaro:getValue (light10, 'value'));

[kevin 34]

Why not just comment out the lines that aren't needed? Just put -- (2x -) before the line and that line doesn't work in that scene. The same as what you did before the room names.

 

When the line is needed, just remove the -- and put the ID between the brackets

Edited June 1, 2019 by kevin

[Kage 37]

i don't know what you wanted too do but you can say

if light10v ~= nil then

[jgab 2,642]

You could start to store your values in a table. Ex

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Edited June 1, 2019 by jgab