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JWhitney
Wanderer
Joined: 20 Oct 2006
Posts: 51
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 Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:20 pm
Using %match without returning a number
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Hiya -
I have a large text file that contains a list of mobs for my MUD, along with basic information about them like their exp value, drops, area, and so on. I have aliases to search for and return the entire line, containing all the information from that mob's line in my text file, but I was trying to find a way to return only specific parts of that line as well. I found a way to do it using the %match function, but the problem I am coming across is that %match tries to return a number - the location of the matched portion on the string. I don't need or want this to happen.
Example line from the text file:
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| >Borgans Elite Guard XP: 246828 - Area: Tyrir |
Pattern of the alias I am using:
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#FILE 2 script_moblist.txt
#VAR mobsearch_matches {%grep( 2, %-1)}
#CLOSE 2
#SAY {%match(@mobsearch_matches,"XP: (%n)",mob_exp_natural)} |
Returns:
Although it DOES properly define @mob_exp_natural, which is great. I just don't need or want the returned number. Is there a function I am unfamiliar with that works like %match but doesn't return the number? I saw %regex as a possibility, but the pattern-matching is far more complicated and I was hoping for a simpler solution.
Thank you for your time. |
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Daern
Sorcerer
Joined: 15 Apr 2011
Posts: 809
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:42 pm
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You don't need a function that doesn't return the number, just don't #say that if you don't want to see it. You could #say the variable you're capturing into instead.
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Rahab
Wizard
Joined: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 2320
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:26 pm
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Use #CALL instead of #SAY.
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JWhitney
Wanderer
Joined: 20 Oct 2006
Posts: 51
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:49 pm
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Thanks Rahab!
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