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Beginner Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 17

Hi there, I am having some problems with an function and alias combo. I have created a function that I hope to use in all my aliases to keep track of my last target (among other things) but I seem to be getting a mystery carriage return from the function.

My Function;
#fu Targ {%if(%len(%1)=0,@target,%exec("#va target %1;%1"))}

(incidently I tried using @target instead of the last %1 but it kept using the last target rather than the one defined in that exec statement)

Now when I try to use it in an alias it works if I don't specify a target;
#alias shoot {blast @targ(%1)}
Shoot Bob returns
Bob
Blast

However
Shoot then returns
Blast Bob
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

%exec shouldn't be sending the Bob in your example it should be returning it, but a minor change should be all that is needed to get around this misbehavior.

#fu Targ {%if(%len(%1)=0,@target,%exec("#va target %1")%1)}

Beginner Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 17

That did it, Thanks alot Vijilante.

Beginner Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 17

I have since done some more playing around with my target function and want it to automatically expand the targets name so I can use it in various triggers.

However I am having a problem with the #TEMP trigger defined within this script. I am requesting the quick honours list which is basically their full name and one couple of lines, and I want to capture the name (there is a chance of a title showing before the name) however I want the %1 to be literal in the #TEMP but it is expanding to the %1 of the function. I have tried quoteing the %1, bracketing and curley bracketing it, and also the %literal function. None of which have helped.

%if( %len( %1)=0 or %1 = %left( @target, %len( %1)) , @target, %exec( "#va target %1;#var tdeflist %null;#var tweaklist %null;qhonours %1;#temp Name {Quest Honors for (%w) (%W)} {#if (%1 = %left( @target, %len( %1))) {#va target %1} {#va target %2}} Targetinfo")%1)

Wizard Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 1113 Location: USA

Have you tried using %%1 in your #TEMP trigger? That should give you a literal %1 in your created trigger.

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:44 am

I may be wrong Larkin, but I thought the %%1 once no longer necessary or supported for that matter.

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:58 pm

That's CMUD, Tech. It can still be used in zMUD for some things.

Beginner Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 17

Sorry for the delay in coming back, I ended up using a classed trigger rather than a temp one to resolve this problem.

Is %%1 different in effect to %literal(%1) ?