Finding what a thing is part of - Inform 7

[Andrew Marsh]

I'm currently having a problem with a story I'm making, I'm making a
cutting out with interaction for cutting pieces out of other things,
in particular a patchwork quilt which has some story significance. My
problem is I'm trying to find the object that incorporates the object
the player is cutting out, I've tried lots of different ideas and
can't work it out, here's the code snippet.

Carry out cutting out something with something:
say "you cut [the noun] out of [the thing the noun is part of]";
now the player carries the noun.

I've tried everything and can't work out what I should use to find the
incorporator of the noun, could someone point me in the right
direction

[Victor Gijsbers]

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Does [the parent of the noun] work? (Just a guess, I haven't actually
tried it out.)

Regards,
Victor
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[Andrew Marsh]

> Does [the parent of the noun] work? (Just a guess, I haven't actually
> tried it out.)
>
> Regards,
> Victor

Tried that, it didn't work, neither did [the thing the noun is part
of] or [the incorporator of the noun]

[Emily Short]

Try "the random thing which incorporates the noun".

The use of "random" here is a little annoying, I admit, given that you
(as programmer) know there can only be one such thing; one of the
items on the Inform wishlist is the ability to use merely "the" in
this situation.

[Andrew Marsh]

> Try "the random thing which incorporates the noun".
>
> The use of "random" here is a little annoying, I admit, given that you
> (as programmer) know there can only be one such thing; one of the
> items on the Inform wishlist is the ability to use merely "the" in
> this situation.

Thanks, that worked.