new pos = strfind(cmdtext, " "); new id = strval(cmdtext[pos+1]); // ... nightmare of spaces, missing values, and crashes His first version without sscanf worked sometimes . But if a player typed /givecash 5 1000 – fine. If they typed /givecash 5 1000 – crash. If they typed /givecash 5 – crash. If they typed /givecash hello 500 – crash.
Alex was 16 and proud. He had just set up his first SAMP roleplay server. Players could type /givecash [ID] [amount] to share money. His code looked simple: samp sscanf
public OnPlayerCommandText(playerid, cmdtext[]) new pos = strfind(cmdtext, " "); new id
The magic line:
After fixing his commands with sscanf, Alex's server became stable. No more parsing crashes. He could do complex commands like: If they typed /givecash 5 1000 – crash
The Day My Roleplay Server Broke (And How sscanf Fixed It)