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Novice Joined: 23 May 2003 Posts: 31

Here is what I'm trying to do. When ever my window comes across the pattern in the trigger, I want it to capture the name into a variable -
i.e.
|599H 530M 346V > Menial Quarters [ S ]
I want it to capture Menial Quarters - this is the easy part..

The trouble is, I want to make a variable on the spot, to put it in -
i.e.
I want to turn the script on (mapon) and will have it prompt for a @zone variable.. Then I want the trigger below to capture all the rooms, into the name I put into that variable.

#TRIGGER {^(*)V > (*) ~[ (*)~]$} {
string=%2
#CLASS danlotest
#IF (%ismember( @string, @zone)) {#ECHO @string is already in this zone} {
@zone = %additem( @string, @zone)
#ECHO @string has been added to the list of rooms in: @zone
}
mapperused=1
#CLASS 0
}

Now when I do this, it stores the names of the rooms in to the @zone variable - instead of the name of the variable I put into @zone..

I know im a little confusing, but any help would be greatly appreciated - If you need any thing clarified, let me know.

-Darkmere

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Change the trigger as per the bold text:

#TRIGGER {^(*)V > (*) ~[ (*)~]$} {
string="%2"
#CLASS danlotest
#IF (%ismember( @string, @zone)) {#ECHO @string is already in this zone} {
@zone = %additem( @string, @zone)
#ECHO @string has been added to the list of rooms in: @zone
}
mapperused=1
#CLASS 0
}

If I'm guessing right, you have a @string variable somewhere in your settings with SOMETHING in it (perhaps also with a default value set). The fact that you also see stuff getting added to @zone is because of this erroneous variable assignment.

li'l shmoe of Dragon's Gate MUD

Novice Joined: 23 May 2003 Posts: 31

The problem is not with @string, I have no trouble with storing values into it..

I have an alias that prompts for a new zone (example - Midgaard) to store the @string into.
What I want to do, is somehow modify that trigger so that @string gets stored into whatever I type into the prompt (ie. @Midgaard)

What I tried is putting the prompt to store a name (Midgaard) into the @zone var - and hoped that it would add @string into the value inside @zone (that being Midgaard)

Its really confusing to explain, but im trying my best :)

-Darkmere

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

#TRIGGER {^(*)V > (*) ~[ (*)~]$} {
string="%2"
#CLASS danlotest
#IF (%ismember( @string, @zone)) {#ECHO @string is already in this zone} {
@zone = %additem( @string, @zone)
#ECHO @string has been added to the list of rooms in: @zone
}
mapperused=1
#CLASS 0
}

The character in red is a very common mistake. If you look around in your settings you may have a few very odd variables because of this. What actually confuses me is that you used the proper syntax in the green line. Of course Matt added the quotes which should be used mosy of the time (braces occasionally) with %1..%99 and %i..%z.

Novice Joined: 23 May 2003 Posts: 31

Ok, I used the syntax you suggested, and fixed that up - no more dangling variables around. But -- I'm still an a loss as to how to solve my problem.

Im trying to capture roomnames into variables.
The variables that I want to put them in change.
Im looking for a way to change the name of the variable I'm putting roomnames with an alias like (mapon NewZoneName). This will keep me from having to go in and edit the trigger everytime to accomidate a different variable(or zone) name.

For example : If I type Mapon Testzone1
I want the trigger posted earlier to do:
Testzone1 = %additem( @string, @Testzone1)

For Mapon Testzone2
I want the trigger to do :
Testzone2 = %additem( @string, @Testzone2)

Is there anyway to do this without going in and manually changing the variable everytime I switch zones?

Novice Joined: 23 May 2003 Posts: 31

Thats what I had in the begining - If I use that, it sets the value of @zone to Testzone1
Then - I look at a room and I get this echo
|599H 530M 346V > Menial Quarters [ S ]
Menial Quarters has been added to the list of rooms in: Testzone1|Menial Quarters

I want the Menial Quarters to be stored into Testzone1..

-Darkmere

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Ahh, now i understand what you want. You desire to have another level of indirection. The '=' syntax can do this, but i find it more readable when using the #VAR syntax.

Figure where to put it:
#VAR {@zone} %additem(@sting,@{@zone})

Note how the braces control the expansion of the zone. You can muck around with this in the command line with #SHOW or #ECHO to find exactly what you need if I haven't understood your wants perfectly.