stock get_time_length(id, unitCnt, type, output[], outputLen)
{
// IMPORTANT: You must add register_dictionary("time.txt") in plugin_init()
// id: The player whose language the length should be translated to (or 0 for server language).
// unitCnt: The number of time units you want translated into verbose text.
// type: The type of unit (i.e. seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks) that you are passing in.
// output: The variable you want the verbose text to be placed in.
// outputLen: The length of the output variable.
if (unitCnt > 0)
{
// determine the number of each time unit there are
new weekCnt = 0, dayCnt = 0, hourCnt = 0, minuteCnt = 0, secondCnt = 0;
switch (type)
{
case timeunit_seconds: secondCnt = unitCnt;
case timeunit_minutes: secondCnt = unitCnt * SECONDS_IN_MINUTE;
case timeunit_hours: secondCnt = unitCnt * SECONDS_IN_HOUR;
case timeunit_days: secondCnt = unitCnt * SECONDS_IN_DAY;
case timeunit_weeks: secondCnt = unitCnt * SECONDS_IN_WEEK;
}
weekCnt = secondCnt / SECONDS_IN_WEEK;
secondCnt -= (weekCnt * SECONDS_IN_WEEK);
dayCnt = secondCnt / SECONDS_IN_DAY;
secondCnt -= (dayCnt * SECONDS_IN_DAY);
hourCnt = secondCnt / SECONDS_IN_HOUR;
secondCnt -= (hourCnt * SECONDS_IN_HOUR);
minuteCnt = secondCnt / SECONDS_IN_MINUTE;
secondCnt -= (minuteCnt * SECONDS_IN_MINUTE);
// translate the unit counts into verbose text
new maxElementIdx = -1;
new timeElement[5][33];
if (weekCnt > 0)
format(timeElement[++maxElementIdx], 32, "%i %L", weekCnt, id, (weekCnt == 1) ? "TIME_ELEMENT_WEEK" : "TIME_ELEMENT_WEEKS");
if (dayCnt > 0)
format(timeElement[++maxElementIdx], 32, "%i %L", dayCnt, id, (dayCnt == 1) ? "TIME_ELEMENT_DAY" : "TIME_ELEMENT_DAYS");
if (hourCnt > 0)
format(timeElement[++maxElementIdx], 32, "%i %L", hourCnt, id, (hourCnt == 1) ? "TIME_ELEMENT_HOUR" : "TIME_ELEMENT_HOURS");
if (minuteCnt > 0)
format(timeElement[++maxElementIdx], 32, "%i %L", minuteCnt, id, (minuteCnt == 1) ? "TIME_ELEMENT_MINUTE" : "TIME_ELEMENT_MINUTES");
if (secondCnt > 0)
format(timeElement[++maxElementIdx], 32, "%i %L", secondCnt, id, (secondCnt == 1) ? "TIME_ELEMENT_SECOND" : "TIME_ELEMENT_SECONDS");
switch(maxElementIdx)
{
case 0: format(output, outputLen, "%s", timeElement[0]);
case 1: format(output, outputLen, "%s %L %s", timeElement[0], id, "TIME_ELEMENT_AND", timeElement[1]);
case 2: format(output, outputLen, "%s, %s %L %s", timeElement[0], timeElement[1], id, "TIME_ELEMENT_AND", timeElement[2]);
case 3: format(output, outputLen, "%s, %s, %s %L %s", timeElement[0], timeElement[1], timeElement[2], id, "TIME_ELEMENT_AND", timeElement[3]);
case 4: format(output, outputLen, "%s, %s, %s, %s %L %s", timeElement[0], timeElement[1], timeElement[2], timeElement[3], id, "TIME_ELEMENT_AND", timeElement[4]);
}
}
}
