storing vector data in a prim and retrieving it correctly

[InternetHITS]

Hi,

I have troubles to store or retrieving vector data of in prim description.

How can I resolve that?

I can read a string but retrieving vector data goes wrong

 

the prims object description contains this:

"<1,1,1>"

 

<start>

integer i=1;

string objectname        = llList2String(llGetLinkPrimitiveParams(i, [PRIM_NAME]), 0);
string objectdescription = llList2String(llGetLinkPrimitiveParams(i, [PRIM_DESC]), 0);

vector vdata = list2vector( lList2String(llGetLinkPrimitiveParams(i, [PRIM_DESC]), 0);)

llOwnerSay( "vector string : "+(string) vdata);

 <end>

 

Its driving me nuts

 

 

[steph Arnott]

I store it in a list. Say like  List whatever = [ ];

[InternetHITS]

Already found the answer llList2Vector is not typecasting at all!

 

So you read it as a string with llList2String then type cast it to a (vector) 

 

[steph Arnott]

Just went by what you wrote.

ADDED, Why dont you put the whole lot in one list and pull out the bit you want?

I see what you mean, would still stride it all tho.

[Rolig Loon]

It's perilous to use llList2Vector unless you know for sure that the list item you are unpacking was stored as a vector.  If there's any doubt, it is safer to use (vector)llList2String .  The implicit typecasting involved in llList2String always works, regardless of whether the list item is a string or not.  Once you know that you have safely typecast a value to a string, you can re-typecast it explicitly to a vector.