Zugg Software :: View topic - Making a spontaneous action list, specifically grouped/spammed commands

Wanderer Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 52

I have an existing trigger that performs repetitious tasks for me, to which I have added a simple interface through a button to update a variable via a #prompt, as well as another button using a #prompt to update the #repeat for said task. each time my energy is restored it performs the task. easy to use.

With that template in mind, I am now fanaticizing about using a variable list, in combination with %pop, Which would allow me to create a list of commands to be send to the mud that will only trigger when I have the energy to complete them, each command in sequence, and each command erased as it is issued to the mud. I could effectively plan ahead as many steps as I wanted to, add each step via the button/prompt, and once the list was empty, the command could trigger, but there would be nothing to issue, so I don't have to turn the trigger or class on and off

But there is one hitch. as far as I can tell adding a semicolon into a variable does not function the same way as a command line. So if click my button and fill in the prompt to update my viable with:

n;n;n;ne

instead of the mud receiving each direction in turn, the mud receives a single line of text it does not recognize.

is there a way to use a prompt to update a list variable in a way that effectively applies the function of the semicolon, saving all the content into a single row, but still issuing a spammed chunk of commands all at once then that line is %poped? Or is there a character that effectively represents the return key that could be applied to a variable?

If not is there a simple way to create a button with a prompt that feeds a list of commands that can then be issued and erased each time a trigger runs?

thank you readers

Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:42 pm

You would want to insert a path command
.3nj
in this example.

but then you would need to
#EXEC %pop(varname)
To ensure it gets evaluated.

the same holds true if you want to insert an aliasname or a "#RAISE eventName"

Wanderer Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 52

Thank you very much, this worked great :)

Here is what I came up with if anyone else finds this useful.

Wanderer Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 52

works great thank you.

so i tried to adapt this learning to something new. instead of %pop, i am pulling the variable value by row. i have tried running it in the following ways:

Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:29 pm

I am thinking it might be the quote marks, try pulling those out.

Wanderer Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 52

removing the quotes results in

ERROR: Trigger "You're bright-eyed and bushy-tailed." fired but did not compile

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:36 am

#exec {#rep @howmanytimes {%item(@anything,@anythingListRowNum)}}

#rep @howmanytimes {#exec %item(@anything,@anythingListRowNum)}

Wanderer Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 52

i can't explain why, but when i copy and paste it works, thank you very much.

i have been working from an example I found where there were issues with %alarm not working in all conditions and the example was something like %exec("#ALARM {+10} {AuraCheckForPC}"), so that is how I have been using execute up to this point.

Learning alot, thank you for taking the time to explain.

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 8:23 pm

Parenthesis() are only needed when passing arguments to a function, or when defining an equation to be tested against.

Which works for %exec as it is a function.

But not with #EXEC which is a command.