Draw Text Parse Error

[wabogenadod]

What is wrong with the command:

DrawText(GetAttribute("points","Player",48,48,255,10,255,255,255);

All that happens when i do it is that the pawn can't move and the console just says " :11: Parse error near "
I have declared points in player.ini and I can't see what could be wrong.
Thanks

[steven8]

What is wrong with the command:

DrawText(GetAttribute("points","Player",48,48,255,10,255,255,255);

All that happens when i do it is that the pawn can't move and the console just says " :11: Parse error near "
I have declared points in player.ini and I can't see what could be wrong.
Thanks

Should there be another bracket the end?

DrawText(GetAttribute("points","Player",48,48,255,10,255,255,255));

[QuestOfDreams]

That should be:

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DrawText(toString(GetAttribute("points","Player")), 48,48, 255, 10, 255,255,255);

[wabogenadod]

That should be:

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DrawText(toString(GetAttribute("points","Player")), 48,48, 255, 10, 255,255,255);

Why "toString()"

What does that do?

[QuestOfDreams]

toString is a Simkin method, which converts any type of variable to a string.
Why use it? Because the DrawText method expects the first argument to be a string while the GetAttribute method returns an integer value.
The current version of RF also accepts the integer value and converts it internally, but future versions may do a more rigid type checking of parameters, thus it's a cleaner style of scripting.