Zugg Software :: View topic - simple one; pattern matches only verbatim

Newbie Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 5 Location: Canada

Greetings

{^|a}{smile}
I want to use an anchor in a list in a trigger such as above.
The anchor is recognized verbatim but I don't want that.
I want it to trigger on smile and asmile.

and I know this trigger makes no sense but it explains what I want to know.

I don't want to make two triggers.

Can anyone explain/help?

Apprentice Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 100 Location: USA

#TRIGGER {^{asmile|smile} the rest of the trigger string here.}

If you know the exact words you want to trigger, this is a possible method. I think LightBulb mentioned something about how this is actually less efficient than creating two triggers though, which I tend to believe.

Newbie Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 5 Location: Canada

Thanks though I didn't explain fully and actually need smile anchored and asmile wouldn't be anchored

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

If ^ is the first character inside the braces, it's a pattern of the type:
{^string} do not match the specified string
If it's not the first character, it's just another string character.
In either case, it's not an anchor.

You're right, this is a simple one. You already designed a test pattern, so you've probably already tested the pattern and know it doesn't work. Ask your real question about the real pattern you want to match, and include the reasons (beyond "I don't want to") why two triggers would be unacceptable.

If it's the typical list of names and #CW, nobody's ever come up with a satisfactory solution that I've seen and I've been watching people (myself included) struggle with it for years now.

Newbie Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 5 Location: Canada

Greetings

So two triggers it is :O)

Thank you both for your answers.