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Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 5

I'm having difficulty triggering the prompt on a MUD I play. Usually it'd be simple, but I keep running into the same problem when trying to specify a range.

Here's a few examples of the prompt:

H:3000 M:3000 B:100% [eb]
H:3000 M:3000 B:100% [-b]
H:3000 M:3000 B:100% [e-]
H:3000 M:3000 B:100% [--]

Now, that would be easy for me to do, though sometimes the prompt can appear as:

H:3000 M:3000 B:100% [csdb eb]

which presents more problems, as I'm trying to differentiate the first "b" from the second, and the "-" characters in the prompt don't seem to let me create the range I'm looking for.

Using %pos, it seems difficult for me to have the first b (if there is one) letting me know that I have that defense, and having the second b letting me know something completely different.

I tried triggering it as:

^H:(%d) M:(%d) B:%d~% ~[(*)([-e-b])~]

but as I'm sure you can see, using "-" in a range has a different use than what I'm looking for.

If anyone can help, it'd be immensly appreciated.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

The one thing missing from your explanation is the method you use to differentiate between one b and the other. However, it appears that the last character will always be b or -, depending on balance, and the next-to-last character will always be e or -, depending on equilibrium. This means you only need to separate out those two.
^H:(%d) M:(%d) B:%d~% ~[(*)(&2)~]

You should bring this to the attention of whoever is responsible for the prompt. With 26 letters available, it should not have been necessary to use the same letter twice so this problem should never have occured.

Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 5

Thank you, LightBulb, that works perfectly.