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Description of MUSHclient world function: world.GetOption


Name GetOption
Type Method
Summary Gets value of a named world option
Prototype long GetOption(BSTR OptionName);
Description

Gets value of a world option. Many options are booleans (true or false). The number zero represents false (option not set) and the number one represents true (option set).

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

VBscript example
world.note world.getoption ("show_italic")
Jscript example
/world.note(world.getoption ("show_italic"));
PerlScript example
/$world->note ($world->getoption ("show_italic"));
Python example
world.note(world.getoption ("show_italic"))
Lua example
Note (GetOption ("show_italic"))
Returns The value of the requested option, or -1 if the option does not exist.

See also ...

Function Description
GetAlphaOption Gets the value of an alphanumeric configuration option
GetCurrentValue Gets the current value of a named world option
GetDefaultValue Gets the default value of a named world option
GetLoadedValue Gets value of a named world option, as loaded from the world file
GetOptionList Gets the list of world options
SetOption Sets value of a named world option

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