Zugg Software :: View topic - Converting written-out numbers to Arabic numerals.

Beginner Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 25 Location: USA

I'm having trouble with a little trigger I'm trying to write. The MOO output is along the lines of:

[General Communication] A Jinu transmits, "Yuuijuminlakiltra et jukl yura oh Human jukte 'Twenty-six.' Erto yuui uu yuuijuminla."

I'm trying to capture the "Twenty-six" (or whatever number it happens to be) and convert it to a number: 26. However, the trigger I wrote, using "#IF %begins(" and "#IF %ends(" just gives me endless syntax errors that I can't seem to correct and doesn't work.

Can anyone help me out? And instead of just the bare-bones script I need to get it to work, can you actually explain what it is that I'm missing about this?

(Yes, that message is in another language, by the way.)

-McGravin
Non plaudite, modo pecuniam jacite.

Magician Joined: 24 Feb 2001 Posts: 342 Location: USA

help with fixing syntax errors will be more forthcoming with your exact script :)

maybe zmud is complaining about the lack of ()?
#if (%ends(@alpha, "six")) {#add num 6}
no..... thats probably not it

Beginner Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 25 Location: USA

Nope, that's not it, but thanks.

So far, the script consists of a trigger with pattern:
~[General Communication~] A Jinu transmits, "Yuuijuminlakiltra et jukl yura oh Human jukte '(*).' Erto yuui uu yuuijuminla."

and script value:

#VARIABLE jinusec 0


#IF %ends(%1,"teen") {#ADD jinusec 10}


#IF %begins(%1,"twenty") {#ADD jinusec 20)


#IF %begins(%1,"thirty") {#ADD jinusec 30}

I haven't gotten any further because I can't get this tiny portion to work. The first #IF works fine, but the next two give me syntax errors and I even get a syntax error on the blank line after the third #IF (even though I didn't hit enter after that #IF and I can't delete the linebreak). Any other ideas?

GURU Joined: 24 Sep 2000 Posts: 1237 Location: USA

Try this...




#VARIABLE jinusec 0


#if (%ends(%1,"one")) {#ADD jinusec 1}


#if (%ends(%1,"two")) {#ADD jinusec 2}


#if (%ends(%1,"three")) {#ADD jinusec 3}


#if (%ends(%1,"four")) {#ADD jinusec 4}


#if (%ends(%1,"five")) {#ADD jinusec 5}


#if (%ends(%1,"six")) {#ADD jinusec 6}


#if (%ends(%1,"seven")) {#ADD jinusec 7}


#if (%ends(%1,"eight")) {#ADD jinusec 8}


#if (%ends(%1,"nine")) {#ADD jinusec 9}


#if (%1="ten") {#add jinusec 10}


#if (%1="eleven") {#add jinusec 11}


#if (%1="twelve") {#add jinusec 12}


#if (%1="thirteen") {#add jinusec 13}


#if (%1="fourteen") {#add jinusec 14}


#if (%1="fifteen") {#add jinusec 15}


#if (%1="sixteen") {#add jinusec 16}


#if (%1="seventeen") {#add jinusec 17}


#if (%1="eighteen") {#add jinusec 18}


#if (%1="nineteen") {#add jinusec 19}


#IF (%begins(%1,"twenty")) {#ADD jinusec 20}


#IF (%begins(%1,"thirty")) {#ADD jinusec 30}


#IF (%begins(%1,"forty")) {#ADD jinusec 40}


#IF (%begins(%1,"fifty")) {#ADD jinusec 50}

I didn't check for the definition of %begins and %ends, or even look into more creative ways to do this, so the helpfile might have to be checked if there's a bug. I did find a typo ) instead of } in the original script you posted here and fixed it above.

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Beginner Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 25 Location: USA

Thank you for finding my own stupid typo. I should have realized it was something so simple.

One more problem I found and easily corrected, but I thought I'd better share the solution in case anyone wants to make a similar script later...

In the MOO output, the number I'm looking to change is capitalized, but the #IF (%1="ten") will reject it. So instead, I saved the value of %lower(%1) to a variable and changed all the previous %1's to that variable's name. And it works perfectly, now.

-McGravin
Non plaudite, modo pecuniam jacite.