Getting an objects console variable in the engine

#1 There's a method SimObject::getDataField that will return a field value (regardless of whether it is a dynamic field or not). Just use

const char* value = myObject->getDataField( StringTable->insert( "team" ), 0 );

//EDIT
Oopss, corrected myObject to be a pointer.

#2 Thank you! This probably won't matter, but what is the 0 parameter in getDataField() for?

#3 Btw, If you find yourself accessing a dynamic field in C++ you should probably make it a regular static field.

#4 It's the element count in the form of a string (i.e. here it is a NULL pointer; should have used that). In this case, it's needed to disambiguate between two versions of getDataField. If team was indexed, you could use e.g. getDataField( StringTable->insert( "team" ), "1" ) to get the second element.

#5 Males aren't made for multitasking... at least I am not. Confused something here...

So: Correction

There are no two getDataField methods. The second parameter is the array index--it's just a required parameter and that's it.

#6 Okay, so if team were an array (team[0], team[1], etc), then I would change the array index appropriately, and if it isn't an array, we just leave it at zero?

#7 Yes. If, though, by "zero" you mean the 0 above, then it's not quite right. Passing 0 (i.e. a NULL pointer) is different from passing "0" (the zeroth index), i.e.

to get the value of a field that is not indexed, you would write

const char* value = myObject->getFieldData( StringTable->insert( "team" ), NULL );

and to get the first value in an indexed field, you would write

const char* value = myObject->getFieldData( StringTable->insert( "team" ), "0" );