Using JSON to get token properties

[nolgroth]

Greetings All,
It's been a while since I have played around with my Hero framework and now I am trying to fulfill a request that I received many moons ago.

The basic project is to create a list of tokens, get the Initiative value of each token and then create a list of the tokens in order of Initiative value. I will then use the list of tokens to create a GM stat sheet.

I realize that the Initiative functions essentially do this, but the person requesting this doesn't use the built-in Initiative functions.

Right now, I have GM stat sheet that works in every way except for the initiative order.

I think that, instead of using String Property lists, a JSON array could accomplish this easier. The question I have is how to use JSON to pull a token property using the FOREACH command. JSON has always been a mystery to me and, not to gripe, the Wiki entries do me little good.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. It is one of those things that I know can happen, I just haven't figured out how yet.

-James

[wolph42]

something like this:

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[initJson = "[]"]
[tokens = getTokenNames()]

[foreach(tok, tokens), CODE:{
    [init = getProperty("initiative", tok)]
    [jInit = json.set("{}", "character", tok, "initiative", init)]
    [initJson = json.append(initJson, jInit)]
}] 

ofcourse this assumes the property 'initiative' on the tokens, if you use something else, use that.

[nolgroth]

Thank you.

I presume that I will be able to do a json.sort to get the initiative in order from that list?

[wolph42]

Yes, but You do need the fix lib if your using b90

[nolgroth]

I am not. I didn't even know there was a b90. I did not see anything new in the list of downloads.

[wolph42]

Its linked in my Sig

[nolgroth]

Its linked in my Sig

Oh cool. You said something about a fix lib? I took your advice from that thread and took the b91 beta. Is that included in the version I downloaded?

EDIT: Ignore that last question. It was answered by opening the archive and reading the readme. Thanks.