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Apprentice Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 127

I am currently working something that requires an array of targets. Problem is, I use an incrementing variable to access them in a syncing order.

This is what I have so far, but I can't get it to access the list properly.

Each time I pull this alias, I want it to project a hallucination on a specific target.

#var halllevel [halllevel+1]
mind hallucinate @halltar.@halllevel @hallucination
#echo DOING HALLUCINATION: @hallucination

soooo, I'm sure I'm not accessing the stringlist halltar properly, since it isn't coming up properly for whatever reason. Help please?

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:56 am

Firstly, that syntax [hallevel+1] may not work. I'd check it - you haven't referenced the contents of @hallevel there, just it's name.

Secondly, you are referencing the string list wrong - @varname.keyname is the syntax for looking up data from record variables, and I assume that's the type of variable you're accessing, but zMUD has no idea that that the @hallevel is part of the variable name. Try using @{halltar.@hallevel} and see if that solves it - I know that works in CMUD.

Apprentice Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 127

New issue.

Thanks to the above response as it works perfectly now.

#var hallucinate {%-1}
Now, I have this in an alias to capute all the words after so I can hallucinate it. Problem is if I do something like,

dohal A solemn chaplain glares about, seemingly upset with the world as he yells, "Who gave me this sickness!"

It hallucinates everyone properly, but it ignores the quotes so they see

A solemn chaplain glares about, seemingly upset with the world as he yells, Who gave me this sickness!

Any ideas?

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:34 am

Quoting them out with ~ is the easiest way, but that might not be so great for fast typing.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

It is always going to be tough to keep those quote characters in there. You will probably have to switch from an alias to an #ONINPUT trigger so that you can capture directly into a variable. Then you have to always use %expand to control how that variable is used. Even then you may still have problems.