From 38462bceaca4af2a55afe46cd4bb2dacf5fa3514 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Hugg <hugg@fasterlight.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:52:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ecs: added eid cmd

---
 src/common/ecs/ecs.ts | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/common/ecs/ecs.ts b/src/common/ecs/ecs.ts
index cd1e4cf6..563588cc 100644
--- a/src/common/ecs/ecs.ts
+++ b/src/common/ecs/ecs.ts
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ class ActionEval {
                 case '$': return this.__local(args);
                 case '^': return this.__use(args);
                 case '#': return this.__arg(args);
+                case '&': return this.__eid(args);
                 case '<': return this.__get([arg0, '0']);
                 case '>': return this.__get([arg0, '8']);
                 default:
@@ -842,6 +843,11 @@ class ActionEval {
             return this.dialect.indexed_x(ident, index); //TODO?
         }
     }
+    __eid(args: string[]) {
+        let e = this.scope.getEntityByName(args[0] || '?');
+        if (!e) throw new ECSError(`can't find entity named "${args[0]}"`, this.action);
+        return e.id.toString();
+    }
     __use(args: string[]) {
         return this.scope.includeResource(args[0]);
     }