Can I not store the return value of a function into a variable in ACS?

[QuotePilgrim]

I've been trying to get back into developing my GZDoom standalone game, and I wrote a line that looked something like the following in one of its scripts:

int flags = CheckInventory("EventFlags");

...only to find out it doesn't compile. This is a pretty common thing to do in every programming language I have ever used, so I was a bit surprised to find out it didn't work. I looked everywhere in the ZDoom wiki and couldn't find a solution. Is there some way to get the return value of a function and store it in a variable, or am I out of luck?

(EventFlags is a custom inventory item I have defined in ZScript. I'm essentially using the amount of that item that the player has in their inventory as a set of bitwise flags, so I only need one item to remember multiple things at once. I want to store that number in a variable so I only have to call CheckInventory once in any given script that checks for multiple flags, which makes the code easier to write, plus it should run faster.)

 

EDIT: I'm an idiot. It does work, I have no clue what the heck I was doing wrong. Disregard my stupidity.

Edited June 10, 2023 by QuotePilgrim
i'm an idiot