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Novice Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 44 Location: USA

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I think you are looking for the %pathcompress function. Post back it you can't get what you want done from that.

Novice Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 44 Location: USA

It has promise, but I think my zmud isn't a big fan of the function. I expect there's some checkbox I need to fix or something... this is what I get

As as an example, I enter:

#SHOW %pathcompress(n|n|n|n)

And I get:

(n);(n);(n);(n)

Any ideas?

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

The only idea I have is that you do not have #DIRECTION settings enabled for the standard English directions. The defaults include such definitions and enable them by default. Wiithout more information to go on I really can not say what the failure is.

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 3:32 am

To add more detail, open the package editor and select Show Default Packages on the View menu. You should have two packages called EnglishDirections and EnglishKeypad loaded. The untitled session doesn't load these packages, so don't use that for this kind of testing.

Magician Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 430

Guys, its ZMud General Forum :P

Btw, I did enter the %pathcompress example you gave, Churlant, and it gave .4n as supposed to. I guess the best I could suggest is to check if you have "." set as "speedwalking character". I'm not sure, however, if that would do the trick.

Prog

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:27 pm

I pulled a Tech :(

Sorry, Churlant.

Novice Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 44 Location: USA

Well I fiddled with the directions (re-added them, as suggested they were absent), but the function still doesn't seem to like me...

...SO... can anyone think of another way to get what I'm after? The mud will actually take run nnnneuuuss commands in place of run 4ne3u2s... so the hurdle is the | character I suppose.

Any suggestions?

Novice Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 44 Location: USA

Stupidity on my part.. as always, making things complicated.

Okay, so I have a very simple:

#TR {You catch the scent of *, heading (%w)} {#ADD direction %1}

After the hunt, I just clear the variable. Now all I need is to cut down full directions (north, south, etc) to their first letters (n, s). Please don't kill me.. I KNOW that function is out there, but I'm fried... soon as someone can give me a way to capture the first letter only, I'm in business.

Thanks again!

Magician Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 430

Novice Joined: 17 Oct 2002 Posts: 44 Location: USA

Brilliant again.. it is done. Proving once again there is more than one way to skin a cat. :)

Thanks all for the help!

-JC