Zugg Software :: View topic - (Fixed) [3.05] %pathfrom doesn't recognize room short names

Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:31 pm

Can %pathfrom be changed to recognize short names as well as the room id?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:16 pm

Every function that accepts a numeric room id value should also accept the short room name value already. Is it not working?

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 7:53 pm

That was my impression of the intended functionality as well. In every case where a numeric ID can be used I can use the short name.

So indeed, the function %pathfrom isn't accepting short room name values, it should be fixed to bring it in line with all the other functions.

Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:48 pm

I was testing this, and %pathfrom(vnum) returns null, it will not use the current rooms key if it is omited.

I also check %pathrfrom(roomid,vnum) and %pathfrom(vnum,roomid), they return null as well

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

My testing shows:
%pathfrom(vnum,vnum) works
%pathfrom(,vnum) works
%pathfrom(shortname,vnum) works

%pathfrom(vnum,) does not work
%pathfrom(vnum,shortname) does not work
%pathfrom(,shortname) does not work

This is probably explained by the following quote from the help file:
Syntax: pathfrom(vNum, ToKey)
The ToKey must always be a Room Key.

So it looks like the first value can be a vnum, a short name, or a blank for current room, but the second value cannot.

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:49 pm

Yep, Rahab, that is exactly correct. I'll add this to the bug list and allow the second argument to be a shortname or the current room number. Thanks for the detailed breakdown of the problem.

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:11 pm

Confirmed fixed 3.06 (#pathfrom now allows the second argument to contain a room name).