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Description of MUSHclient world function: world.GetAlphaOption


Name GetAlphaOption
Type Method
Summary Gets the value of an alphanumeric configuration option
Prototype VARIANT GetAlphaOption(BSTR OptionName);
Description

Gets the value of an alphanumeric world option (text option), such as player name, MUD name etc.

You can use GetAlphaOptionList to get a list of the names of all possible options.


Note: Available in version 3.22 onwards.


VBscript example
world.note world.getalphaoption ("player")
Jscript example
/world.note(world.getalphaoption ("player"));
PerlScript example
/$world->note ($world->getalphaoption ("player"));
Python example
world.note(world.getalphaoption ("player"))
Lua example
Note (GetAlphaOption("player"))
Returns The value of the requested option, or an "empty" variant if the option does not exist.
Introduced in version 3.22

See also ...

Function Description
GetAlphaOptionList Gets the list of world alphanumeric options
GetInfo Gets information about the current world
GetOption Gets value of a named world option
GetOptionList Gets the list of world options
SetAlphaOption Sets value of a named world alphanumeric option
SetOption Sets value of a named world option

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