Posted by: xenoputtss on Feb 6 2006, 04:41 PM
[pre]function getItemSignature(sigData)
    if (not sigData) then return nil end
    for id,rprop,enchant,name,count,min,buyout,uniq in string.gfind(sigData, "(%d+):(%d+):(%d+):(.-):(%d+):(.-):(%d+):(.+)") do
        if (name == nil) then name = ""; end
        return tonumber(id),tonumber(rprop),tonumber(enchant),name,tonumber(count),tonumber(min),tonumber(buyout),tonumber(uniq);
    end
    return nil;
end
[/pre]

is the 'min' value being returned, the minimum bid? if not, where do i get that from?

Posted by: xenoputtss on Feb 6 2006, 10:23 PM
ok, one more question I have this code that I modifed to make a new search function.

[pre]
function venTrashFilter(sType, signature)
    --sType will be to toggel between bids and buyouts
    local id,rprop,enchant, name, count,min,buyout,uniq = Auctioneer.Core.GetItemSignature(signature);
    local itemKey = id..":"..rprop..":"..enchant;

    local auctKey = Auctioneer.Util.GetAuctionKey();
    local itemCat = Auctioneer.Util.GetCatForSig(signature);
    local snap = Auctioneer.Core.GetSnapshot(auctKey, itemCat, signature);
    if not (buyout > 0) then
        buyout = 0
    end
    local ret;
    if (Informant) then
            ret = Auctioneer.API.GetVendorBuyPrice(id)
    end
    if (    (
            (buyout > 0)
            and buyout < ret
        ) or
        (
            buyout == 0  
            and min < ret
        )
    ) then
        return false;
    end
    return true;
end
[/pre]

my problem is that
Auctioneer.API.GetVendorBuyPrice(id) needs an itemID, but I don't think i have one at this point. Is there a way i can get an itemID from 'signature'?

1. "id" contains the item's ItemID, however Informant requires ItemID to be a number, not a string. so you have to do the following:
   [pre]ret = Auctioneer.API.GetVendorBuyPrice(tonumber(id))[/pre]
2. The second thing is that Auctioneer already checks if Informant is loaded/available so your own "if(Informant) then" is not required. However if Informant is not loaded then you'll get nil errors when you try to compare it with buyout and min. So you need to do something like:
   [pre]buyout = buyout or 0;
local ret = Auctioneer.API.GetVendorBuyPrice(tonumber(id)) or 0;
if (    (
        (buyout > 0)
        and buyout < ret
    ) or
    (
        buyout == 0  
        and min < ret
    )
) then
    return false;
end[/pre]

Posted by: xenoputtss on Feb 7 2006, 01:40 PM
shwing! I can't believe that I didn't even think that id was a string. I thought it was the itemID, but .. . .well, you see that I didn't realize it was a string of the number.

Thanks for you help.