reg exp problem

This is a new twist to a old problem. Recently, there was a small change made to the line "A prickly stinging overcomes your body, fading away into numbness." Before, *'s replaced random letters in the message giving you something like "A p*ickly stinging ov*rcomes yo*r body, fad*ng away into numbness." I searched the forums and found this trigger made by Ked which worked perfectly:

^((?:A|\*)(?: |\*)(?:p|\*)(?:r|\*)(?:i|\*)(?:c|\*)(?:k|\*)(?:l|\*)(?:y|\*)(?: |\*)(?:s|\*)(?:t|\*)(?:i|\*)(?:n|\*)(?:g|\*)(?:i|\*)(?:n|\*)(?:g|\*)(?: |\*)(?:o|\*)(?:v|\*)(?:e|\*)(?:r|\*)(?:c|\*)(?:o|\*)(?:m|\*)(?:e|\*)(?:s|\*)(?: |\*)(?:y|\*)(?:o|\*)(?:u|\*)(?:r|\*)(?: |\*)(?:b|\*)(?:o|\*)(?:d|\*)(?:y|\*)(?:\,|\*)(?: |\*)(?:f|\*)(?:a|\*)(?:d|\*)(?:i|\*)(?:n|\*)(?:g|\*)(?: |\*)(?:a|\*)(?:w|\*)(?:a|\*)(?:y|\*)(?: |\*)(?:i|\*)(?:n|\*)(?:t|\*)(?:o|\*)(?: |\*)(?:n|\*)(?:u|\*)(?:m|\*)(?:b|\*)(?:n|\*)(?:e|\*)(?:s|\*)(?:s|\*)(?:\.|\*))$

Now, however, the *'s can replace two random letters in the message giving you something like this "A pri*ly stinging overcomes your body, fading *ay into numbne*." (Where the *'s replace both the C and K in prickly, the A and W in away, and the two S's in numbness). I tried to use this trigger:

^((A|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:p|\*|)(?:r|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:c|\*|)(?:k|\*|)(?:l|\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?:t|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:g|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:g|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:v|\*|)(?:e|\*|)(?:r|\*|)(?:c|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:m|\*|)(?:e|\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:u|\*|)(?:r|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:b|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:d|\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?:\,|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:f|\*|)(?:a|\*|)(?:d|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:g|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:a|\*|)(?:w|\*|)(?:a|\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:t|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:u|\*|)(?:m|\*|)(?:b|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:e|\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?:\.|\*|))$

and it matches the line perfectly, but I now get an error when I get a line of only asteriks. Is there another way I should go about triggering this line? Or some way to modify this one to stop getting the error message? Thanks in advance

You could filter out the line of only asterisks using a trigger with a lower sequence number, something like this:

Match: ^\*+$

That will match a line of one or more asterisks.

Give that a lower priority (eg. 90) and it will stop the main trigger from firing.

Ok, I used that trigger and it helped with lines that are filled with asteriks but now I found another problem. I get the same error message when I get something like this:
Well-tended grass.



Not sure how I can make a trigger for something like this. These are the error messages I'm getting.

Error executing regular expression

Could not decompress text from MUD: -5

Another approach would be to add a lookahead assertion, like this:

^(?!\*\*\*\*\*\*)((A|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:p|\*|)(?:r|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:c|\*|)(?:k|\*|)(?:l|\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?:t|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:g|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:g|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:v|\*|)(?:e|\*|)(?:r|\*|)(?:c|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:m|\*|)(?:e|\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:u|\*|)(?:r|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:b|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?:d|\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?:\,|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:f|\*|)(?:a|\*|)(?:d|\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:g|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:a|\*|)(?:w|\*|)(?:a|\*|)(?:y|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:i|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:t|\*|)(?:o|\*|)(?: |\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:u|\*|)(?:m|\*|)(?:b|\*|)(?:n|\*|)(?:e|\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?:s|\*|)(?:\.|\*|))$

I modified the start of the regexp to add an assertion that it does *not* start with "******". Then the rest is the same.

Did you get that on the regexp you showed above, or a different one?

The one I showed above. I get that when I use both methods. The one with the lower priority, and the one with the lookahead assertion

I tried that text and didn't get an error message. Do you have other triggers? What version of MUSHclient are you using?

I have tons of other trigger but I don't think it's any of them because these error messages started after I changed the trigger we are talking about now and I'm only getting the error on things that have asteriks in them. I'm using 3.45

I got your error message in version 3.45 but not the latest version of MUSHclient, 3.50.

The release notes for 3.48 say, amongst other things:



This may fix your problem.

yep, that was it. The trigger now works perfectly. Thanks Nick