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Newbie Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 7

I'm trying to check the last X lines of text in an alias to see if a room has certain mobs in a given order. I have tried the following trigger to read the last 3 lines of text from the mud into 3 variables, but it seems to go into a infinite loop. Any suggestions on how I might do this? I know it is simple but I can't seem to get it. Thanks!

TRIGGER Parameter: ^(%*)$
TRIGGER Contents:
@currentlinetext = %1
#if (@linenumber = 1) {
lastlineoftext = @currentlinetext
linenumber=2
}{#if (@linenumber = 2) {
lastlineoftext = @currentlinetext
linenumber=3
}{#if (@linenumber = 3) {
lastlineoftext3 = @currentlinetext
linenumber=1
}{#NOOP}}
}

Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 4:35 am

*cringes*

@currentlinetext = %1

should be:

currentlinetext = %1

I disable the '=' for variable assignment and use this instead:

#var currentlinetext {%1}

This creates a variable whose name is the contents of currentlinetext:

#var @currentlinetext {%1}

Newbie Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 7

Thanks for the feedback. I changed the code within the trigger to be:

#var currentlinetext {%1}
#if (@linenumber = 1) {
lastlineoftext = currentlinetext
linenumber=2
}{#if (@linenumber = 2) {
lastlineoftext = currentlinetext
linenumber=3
}{#if (@linenumber = 3) {
lastlineoftext3 = currentlinetext
linenumber=1
}{#NOOP}}
}

And now I get a trigger loop detected. Am I correct when I assume that an IF loop short circuits? If it goes into the TRUE clause it will no then test the IF in the else clause?

Thanks again!

Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 5:31 am

First of all I should have said that this code is not needed for what it is trying to do.

1) You can simply make use of '%line', '%line2' and '%line3' to retrive the last 3 lines received from the mud.

2) This was correct: 'lastlineoftext = @currentlinetext'.

3) An #IF statement is definately not a loop. A trigger loop usually happens when a trigger triggers itself.

4) Getting your trigger to fire on every line is makes ZMud work too hard for you.