parseText

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Description

Description:

Creates a structured text by parsing the given XML description. Do not use parseText when displaying a localized text from Stringtable.xml.
A detailed explanation of all formatting possibilities can be found at Structured Text.

Groups:

StringsStructured Text

Syntax

Syntax:

parseText text

Parameters:

text: String

Return Value:

Structured Text

Examples

Example 1:

private _Stxt = parseText "First line<img image='data\isniper.paa'/><br/>Second line";

Example 2:

hintSilent parseText format["<t size='1.25' font='Zeppelin33' color='#ff0000'>%1 lives remaining.</t>", 12];

Example 3:

private _clickableLink = parseText "<a href='http://arma3.com'>A3</a>";

Additional Information

See also:

Structured TextcomposeTexttextlocalizectrlSetStructuredText

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 1 September 2016

Dr_Eyeball

To convert a structured text back to a string type, just use: _str = str parseText _structuredText;

Posted on September 1, 2017 - 13:23 (UTC)

AgentRev

If you are parsing user-defined strings like player names, you may want to convert special characters to their XML entities as a precaution beforehand: private _encodeText = { private _specialChars = [38, 60, 62, 34, 39]; // & < > " ' private _convertTo = [[38,97,109,112,59], [38,108,116,59], [38,103,116,59], [38,113,117,111,116,59], [38,97,112,111,115,59]]; // &amp; &lt; &gt; &quot; &apos; private _chars = []; private "_i"; { _i = _specialChars find _x; if (_i isEqualTo -1) then { _chars pushBack _x } else { _chars append (_convertTo select _i) }; } forEach toArray param [0,"",[""]]; toString _chars }; private _encodedName = _name call _encodeText; private _redName = parseText format ["<t color='#ff0000'>%1</t>", _encodedName];