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Newbie Joined: 07 Dec 2001 Posts: 4

I have a text file from which I'd like to get a random line sent to the MUD with a variable as a postfix. I've tried to get this done with #READ, like this:

#FILE 1 foobar.txt
#READ 1 %random(325) %1

The variable just doesn't get sent to the MUD with the line. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Magician Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 356 Location: USA

Test in 6.21

Alias:

testsay

Command:

#FILE 1 foobar.txt
#var ran_num %random(1,10)
#READ 1 @ran_num

Killing a fly on a friends forhead may not be overkill, use a hatchet to make sure the job is done.

Newbie Joined: 07 Dec 2001 Posts: 4

Yes, that works too but it still doesn't solve my problem how to get the %1 of the trigger to be sent to MUD with the #READ line.

GURU Joined: 14 Oct 2000 Posts: 556 Location: USA

You are using the arguement option of the #READ command incorrectly. The arguements are not appended to the line. What happens is that any parameter holders (%1..%99) in the line are expanded (filled) with the arguements. So if line 36 of file #1 is:

#SEND The quick brown %1 jumps over the lazy %2~.

then the command

#READ 1 36 fox dog

would send

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

to the MUD.

Troubadour

Newbie Joined: 07 Dec 2001 Posts: 4

It still doesn't work. If I use #SEND, nothing happens, with #say it echoes the line correctly to the screen, but the %1 appears only as "1".
BTW, my zmud version is 5.55 if that makes any difference.

GURU Joined: 14 Oct 2000 Posts: 556 Location: USA

Ah, ok, I didn't understand what you were trying to do. As I understand it now, this is a trigger action and the %1 is a parameter holder for something in the trigger pattern. You should use the %read function to retrieve your file record.

#FILE 1 foobar.txt
#SAY %read(1, %random(1, 325)) %1

This oughta do it.

Troubadour

Newbie Joined: 07 Dec 2001 Posts: 4

Yeah, now it works perfectly :)
thanks!