$definevariable
The $definevariable QC command creates a variable. The variable's name, if surrounded by $
, will be substituted by its value whenever encountered.
Note:Variables do not work within "quote blocks"!
Note:Variables declared out of the scope of a macro can't be used within the macro. You can pass the data on to the macro by instead using it as a token of the macro and retrieving it that way.
Note:If you define the same variable twice, the compiler will use the first one it finds and drop the second one.
Bug:Similar tokens prefixes causes to the compiler parser: merge, swap or even ignore it variable values. This doesn't happen with Source Filmmaker and Garry's Mod
Bug:tokens cannot be pushed further than 3 $include levels
This command is like a 'lite' version of $definemacro.
Example
$definevariable baseFile "fighter1"
$sequence attack $baseFile$_Attack // results in -> fighter1_Attack when resolved
$sequence run $baseFile$_Run // results in -> fighter1_Run when resolved
$sequence idle $baseFile$_Idle // results in -> fighter1_Idle when resolved
Here's an example of passing the variable to a macro
$definevariable baseFile "fighter1"
$definemacro makefighteranim fightername framerate \\
$sequence attack $baseFile$_Attack fps $framerate$ \\
$sequence run $baseFile$_Run fps $framerate$ \\
$sequence idle $baseFile$_Idle fps $framerate$ \\
$makefighteranim $baseFile$ 30 // Here we give "fighter1" from $basefile$ to the macro to be used for $fightername$ token