Grabbing a value using a string in the reference

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The probable reason for me not being able to find the answer when searching is my lack of knowledge when it comes to coding terms and expressions.

public Vital Strength;

Declaring a Vital called Strength.
All good so far.

Strength = new Vital(5, "Strength");

Here I am creating the Strength vital by calling upon the function Vital,
passing the integer 5, and the string “Strenght” as arguments.

public Vital(int _valueMod, string _statName)
{
    currentValue = Player.current._statName.currentValue * _valueMod;
    maxValue = Player.current._statName.currentValue * _valueMod;
}

Here is where it (obviously) does not work. My Player class has no declaration for
_vitalName(because it wouldn’t do anything, I can’t grab the currentValue out from a string).

I want to grab a currentValue from a Stat, using not the direct reference to the Stat(as this would not make it useable for more than 1 stat as I would have to manually type the name of a Vital) but a reference that can be changed in the Call arguments.

Is this possible?

2

A “simple” way to do what you want is to use a System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string,Vital>. The, you could use the following syntax :

Player.current[_vitalName].currentValue

See Dictionary<TKey,TValue> Class (System.Collections.Generic) | Microsoft Learn

I think that the concept of reflexion could help you but I absolutely don’t know how to use it.