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Novice Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 48

ughh.. spent an hour trying to figure out why my script wouldn't compile.. finally managed to narrow it down to my #while loop...
So I made a blank alias with

#while(true){}

and it tells me I have unmatched parenthesis.. Shocked

Did I miss something glaringly obvious?

Magician Joined: 09 Oct 2003 Posts: 459 Location: USA

putting spaces on either side of (true) fixes it for me.

Novice Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 48

ooh.. crap...
#while (true){}

tells me I have a syntax error..

Apparently it has to be
#while (true) {}

icky Rolling Eyes

Of course my script is more complex than that and i still have no idea what spaces i missed/extra'd. Embarassed

A little leeway with formatting would be welcome.
So would the ability to block indent.. Wink

Novice Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 48

So.. yeah.. I found the compatibility report, and it tells me I have an error at line 30 column 36. Not that there are any line/column indicators in the editor.. Laughing

Anyhow.. that was this line.. right at the "t" in "position"...
But then, i tested the line in a new alias and it works just fine..
$currentbold=%copy($unparsed,($position+1),1);

Um.. should I post my code? Any thoughts? I can't get it work :/

Novice Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 48

Oh, and the syntax checker consistently throws an Access Violation error as well when I try to use it on my alias.

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:34 pm

Paste the full code of the alias here so we can take a look at it and try it on our own systems.

And yes, you ALWAYS NEED SPACES around your command arguments. Spaces are important in CMUD (and in zMUD) and your first example (without spaces) wouldn't work in either CMUD or zMUD.

Novice Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 48

I've narrowed it down to this section, it just tells me unmatched parenthesis, and I'm pretty sure all the parenthesis are matched..

#local $unparsed $position $currentbold $targetcolour $boldcol
#if (%copy($unparsed,$position+2,1)=";") {$currentbold=%copy($unparsed,$position+1,1);#if ($currentbold=$boldcol && begins(%copy($unparsed,$position+3,3),$targetcolour)) {$position+=3+%len($targetcolour);#while (%copy($unparsed,$position,1)!="") {Dec=%concat(@Dec,%copy($unparsed,$position,1));$position=$position+1}}} {#if ($currentbold=$boldcol && begins(%copy($unparsed,$position+1,3),$targetcolour)) {$position+=1+%len($targetcolour);#while (%copy($unparsed,$position,1)!="") {Dec=%concat(@Dec,%copy($unparsed,$position,1));$position=$position+1}}}
$unparsed=%right($unparsed,$position);$strlen-=$position;$position=%pos("[",$unparsed);}

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:57 pm

CMUD does not have += or -= operators. Also, it looks like you are missing a % in front of the "begins" function. The "unmatched parenthesis" is actually the wrong error message, so it doesn't really mean that the problem is with parens.

Also, it helps in CMUD if you split your script into multiple lines. Then you can use the syntax check in the Tools menu in the settings editor and the cursor will jump to the place in the script where there is a problem. This doesn't work well with long lines that wrap. So try using this:

Novice Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Posts: 48

Thanks! I wasn't sure if it was my formatting that messed it up, so i crunched it all together with only what i knew was supposed to be spaced. I now have this, and when I try syntax check, cmud tries to crash.

Magician Joined: 13 Oct 2000 Posts: 463

There is an unmatched bracket. Notice near the end, there is a } after $position=$position+1. Also farther up, the same error. Move that down to the next line, and you see that the code should look like this instead (highlighting the redundant } at the end)