Creating bidirectional link between 2 agents with different type using parameter conditions

Question

I have 2 agents of different type. [Person(type) owner(agent) 1(parameter) Carlink(connection)] [Vehicle(type) car(agent) 1(parameter) OwnerLink(connection)]

I want to link them if parameter "1" of the owner is same to parameter "1" of the car.

I'm thinking adding this statement on startup on Vehicle(type)

OwnerLink.connectto("condition") What syntax should I need to add on the "condition" part.

Thanks in advance.

Emile Zankoul · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-15T12:46:20.057

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My understanding is that you have two populations: owners and cars. You also have a parameter called 1 in each (which is an int? double?). You also want to create single bidirectional links. If so, your code would be as follows:

for( Person p : owners) {
  for( Vehicle v : cars) {
    if( p.1 == v.1) {
      p.Carlink.connectTo(v);
      break;
    }
  }
}

If you may have multiple links, remove break;, also if you parameter is of type String, replace == v.1 with .equals(v.1).

To place the code in vehicle startup:

 for( Person p : owners) {
    if( p.1 == 1) {
      p.Carlink.connectTo(this);
      break;
      }
    }
  }

edited Jun 15 '22 at 12:46

answered Jun 14 '22 at 11:26

Emile Zankoul

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Thanks. This code works on 'main' type. Is there a way to add it in start up of 'Vehicle'? – Jeun Bee Jun 15 '22 at 12:44
Yep same code, but no need to loop through vehicles. – Emile Zankoul Jun 15 '22 at 12:45
Check revised answer – Emile Zankoul Jun 15 '22 at 12:46
The code shows an error "owners cannot be resolve to a variable" – Jeun Bee Jun 16 '22 at 04:14
Add `main.` before it – Emile Zankoul Jun 16 '22 at 07:52

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