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Substitution of a string (not individual words) in an alias.
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| Posted by
| DigitalWraith
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| Sun 21 Dec 2003 12:26 AM (UTC) |
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| If this has been answered before, I do profusely apologise beforehand... although I have not been able to find any similar issues in the forums or in the helpfiles.
Basically, the question is :
How do I substitute a string instead of a sequence of variables when using an alias ?
The situation :
On the mud I play, there's a lot of 'shapeshifting' of your character, and when you do so, it's a real pain to identify who is saying what : "Someone says 'Blahblahblah'" is rather confusing.
What i wanted to do is replace the say command with an alias that basically does :
Someone says ' ::CHARNAME:: "Blahblahblah" '
ie. insert a piece into the say command worked from the client end, and the only way I can see how it works at the moment is to use
alias SAY * * * * * * * * * *
replace with
SAY ::CHARNAME:: %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 etc
which would limit the say alias to 10 variables....
is there a way to just send the subsequent matched variables (the whole string after the say command) to the mud in one foul shot ?
If this can be answered in the positive sense, you will have saved me a lot of hassle and confusion :)
Thanks,
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| Posted by
| Ian Kirker
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| Reply #1 on Sun 21 Dec 2003 12:32 AM (UTC) |
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| Rather than using the normal alias matching system, if you use a regular expression (tick the box marked "Regular Expression") reading:
^say (.*)
To send:
say ::CHARNAME:: %1
The (.*) will match the entire string after the say.
(And the ^ makes sure it only matches at the beginning of a line. I'm not entirely sure if this is necessary, but it works.)
Hope this helps,
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| Posted by
| DigitalWraith
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| Reply #2 on Sun 21 Dec 2003 01:46 AM (UTC) |
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| -yay- :) It works :)
Much appreciated - it's already saved me a load of hassles
and confusion - and i only just got it working :)
Once again, thanks Ian :)
-Steve- | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
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| Reply #3 on Sun 21 Dec 2003 09:31 PM (UTC) |
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| The regular expression solution will work, but your original alias was too complicated anyway. A wildcard can be a string, not just words. Just make it this:
alias SAY *
replace with
SAY ::CHARNAME:: %1
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- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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