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Gimli
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 2:47 am   

Multiline capture too!
 
For the life of me I cannot seem to properly capture multiline tells.

Code:

Jimmy tells you: test test test test test test test
                 test test test test test test

Bob tells you: test test test test test test
               test test test test


What is the proper way to capture a multiline tell where the 2nd+ lines have a different length of preceding whitespace such as my example above?
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shalimar
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 3:31 am   
 
I tend do find the minimum about it is going to be, then append %s to it, although technically, just %s will match it.
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Gimli
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:17 pm   
 
I have this:

Code:

#TRIGGER {(*) tells you: (*)} {#CAPTURE ChatHistory}
#COND {(%s)(*)} {#CAPTURE ChatHistory}


But that isn't working for multiline. Also, how would I stop it from capturing once there is a character(or text) at the beginning without whitespace.

Also, trying to match this seems might it be tricky too:
Code:

Angrybird tells you:
                     fyjopgrewfbnkogrsghkfeghumklgrcsgnkgdsghmkfsbjkforebjfsb
                     mkfsgnkogrsgnklgvdxgnkgrdsghkforsghmkfsgnkfsgnkfeghkfbjk
                     foresghmk
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:34 pm   
 
First off, * is a pretty broad wildcard that matches any printable character, whitespace or not. If you can narrow the range of matchable characters with a different wildcard, it's much better to use that instead.

Second, you can use ^ and $ to anchor the pattern to the start of the line or the end of the line, respectively. ^(%s), for example, forces the pattern to only match on lines that start with whitespace.
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Gimli
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 4:52 pm   
 
so I changed it to

Code:

#TRIGGER {(%w) tells you:(%s)(*)} {#CAPTURE ChatHistory}
#COND {^(%s)(*)} {#CAPTURE ChatHistory}

Code:

Angrybird tells you:
                     fyjopgrewfbnkogrsghkfeghumklgrcsgnkgdsghmkfsbjkforebjfsb
                     mkfsgnkogrsgnklgvdxgnkgrdsghkforsghmkfsgnkfsgnkfeghkfbjk
                     foresghmk
Angrybird tells you: lol thats angry bird speak! or something :P
Newt tells you: This is a long tell to test something being told more than a
                couple of lines. I am not sure why you have asked for this
                but I am willing to comply. I hope it is sufficiently long
                for your purposes.


and then ChatHistory shows this:
Code:

Angrybird tells you: lol thats angry bird speak! or something :P
                couple of lines. I am not sure why you have asked for this



Which isn't quite right as the 2nd line in teh ChatHistory is from the 3rd tell I received.
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shalimar
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:14 pm   
 
try setting the trigger type of the condition to within lines and the paramater to 1
also, add 'STATE 1' to the condition, so that when it does match, CMUD knows to check for another match
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Gimli
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 5:56 pm   
 
where do I add those? I'm playing round in the Package Editor for the triggers and cant figure it out lol
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:27 pm   
 
In the GUI, locate your trigger in the editor, you may need to click on a more at the bottom to see these options
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:33 pm   
 
Found it thanks! works nicely now i think lol
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