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mercatroid
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Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:58 am
Pattern Matching
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I'm having a pattern matching problem; wondering if anyone could help.
This is the pattern I want to match:
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| [Info] =-> Player has escaped defenceless from a fight. <-= |
Where "Player" is obviously a variable.
I'd like to be able to trigger off this. Specifically to assign an alias such as: #alias j {c heal Player} or {decapitate Player}, etc...
Any suggestions?
I'm using zMud 7.21
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Taz
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Joined: 28 Sep 2000
Posts: 1395
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:59 am
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Assuming that a player has only a one word name and that the output has no extra spaces and is on a line of its own.
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| ^~[Info~] ~=~-~> (%w) has escaped defenceless from a fight. ~<~-~=$ |
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Vitae
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Joined: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 673
Location: New York
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:24 pm
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since you want to have something that does both, setting a variable for people on your heal list and having #if (%1=%ismember(@heal)) {c heal %1} {decapitate %1}
I think i screwed up that #if tho. Don't have zmud with me. |
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mercatroid
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Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:40 pm
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*edit
I spoke too soon.
It doesn't pass the %w variable at all.
For example, I do:
Pattern:
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| ^~[Info~] ~=~-~> (%w) has escaped defenceless from a fight. ~<~-~=$ |
Does:
Then make an alias for 'cap':
I tried taking out some superfluous ~ and () but to no avail.
I'm certain the problem is on my end, not with your pattern matcher.
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Vijilante
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 11:02 pm
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You need to use %1..%99 to get values for the parenthesis marked portion of the pattern. I would suggest reading the Pattern Matching page in the help.
#VAR dless {%1} |
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gamma_ray
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:17 pm
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| #if (%1=%ismember(@heal)) {c heal %1} {decapitate %1} |
Should be: #if (%ismember(%1,@heal)) |
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Vitae
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Joined: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 673
Location: New York
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:53 pm
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Thanks gamma, I said I was sure i'd screwed it up. :-)
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mercatroid
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:45 pm
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Finally got it working:
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| [Info] =-> Player has escaped defenceless from a fight. <-= |
I tried the following (suggested by Taz)
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| ^~[Info~] ~=~-~> (%w) has escaped defenceless from a fight. ~<~-~=$ |
then, to make use of it I aliased 'cap' to
Then Vijilante suggested changing %w to %1. That seems to work.
By the way, anyone reading the Pattern Matching help page in zMud would be baffled to find that %w doesn't work, as it says to use that variable for one word matching. Also, I have been flamed on these forums by other masters for having the audacity to claim that %1 usually works where %w and other variables do not.
So thanx to Taz and Vijilante!
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nexela
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Joined: 15 Jan 2002
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Location: USA
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:52 pm
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| By the way, anyone reading the Pattern Matching help page in zMud would be baffled to find that %w doesn't work, as it says to use that variable for one word matching. Also, I have been flamed on these forums by other masters for having the audacity to claim that %1 usually works where %w and other variables do not. |
I am not sure you are understanding on when and where to use %1.
%1...%99 are used in the code section to return a captured pattern from the pattern.
working trigger
PATTERN:
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| ^~[Info~] ~=~-~> (%w) has escaped defenceless from a fight. ~<~-~=$ |
VALUE:
%1 in the pattern is unsupported and was left in for compatibilty
Pattern Matching is a handy refrence for what to use |
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mercatroid
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:18 am
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working trigger
PATTERN:
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| ^~[Info~] ~=~-~> (%w) has escaped defenceless from a fight. ~<~-~=$ |
VALUE:
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The above does not work. What happens is the string "%w" (as in the percentage sign and the letter W) gets passed to the variable 'dless'. Anything that then depended on the variable @dless would then send the string "%w" gets sent to the mud.
This is zMud version 7.21 btw.
Also, the pattern matching page on zMud is identical to the one in the help topics for Zmud. I have had a copy of it printed out and tacked to the wall behind my monitor for about 2 years. Nothing in it suggests your recommendation, which I guess is good since it doesn't work. Vijilante's did though, and thanks again.
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MattLofton
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Location: USA
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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:41 am
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Correct (and what both Vijilante and Nexela were saying)
#trigger {This is where (%w) is used.} {WhatIsInPercentW = %1}
If this is what is not working, you need to do a complete reinstall. This sort of problem is indicative of core application corruption, not something wrong with your settings files or preferences. Any problem in this area would have to be fixed either by Zugg himself (ie, it's a bug) or be fixed by a reinstall (it's not a bug, just some messed-up data wasting space on your hard drive).
The kind of Incorrect that makes Zugg want to slap the silly out of you
#trigger {This is not where (%1) is used.} {DefinitelyDon'tDoThis = %w}
If this is what you are doing, you just aren't even trying or are not yet understanding the helpfile. %1 in this situation would, of course, work in the pattern due to the backwards compatibility Nexela referred to (as I understand it, it's old TinTin syntax), but the %w is going to be literally assigned to the variable |
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mercatroid
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:27 am
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What I am doing that works:
#trigger {This is where (%1) is being used.} {WhatIsInPercentOne = %1}
Let me repeat. It works.
When I use:
#trigger {This is where (%w) is used.} {WhatIsInPercentW = %1}
The %w is literally assigned to the variable.
MattLofton's post is the first time anyone has suggested that my zMud installation could be corrupted.
As I have done every single time anyone has helped me on these forums, I'll say thank you now.
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