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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2002 11:56 am

Ok I'm working on a class/race/start city setup. what I want to be able to do is, for the user to type setupand be given a list of options and then for Zmud to wait untill 1 of the options is given.

>setup

What race are you playing?
1)Elf
2)Drow
3)Sprite
ect

Please choose your race.(1-9)

**I know all of the above is echos. It's just this bit at the end I'm having problems with. I want it to sit and wait until a number from 1 to 9 is entered and on a incorect entry to jump back into the loop.**

Any help would be great.

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GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

I don't really understand much what you are trying to do here. You say you want to do all of this in your side? That is, the list of options is presented to you, and you are the one that makes a selection? If so, you might want to look into #ONINPUT triggers that match based on what is entered in the command line.

Kjata

Novice Joined: 21 May 2002 Posts: 40 Location: Canada

You could also look into pick lists and such, to make a nice user interface

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

quote:

Ok I'm working on a class/race/start city setup. what I want to be able to do is, for the user to type setupand be given a list of options and then for Zmud to wait untill 1 of the options is given.

>setup

What race are you playing?
1)Elf
2)Drow
3)Sprite
ect

Please choose your race.(1-9)

**I know all of the above is echos. It's just this bit at the end I'm having problems with. I want it to sit and wait until a number from 1 to 9 is entered and on a incorect entry to jump back into the loop.**

Any help would be great.

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First, drop all your menu text into an alias:




#ALIAS ShowMenu {


  ;check validity of parameter


  #IF (%null(%1)) {


    ;no parameter, so throw up an error


    #say Menu not specified, ending process


  } {


    ;parameter found, verify


    #if (%ismember(%1,@menulist)) {


      ;valid


      #case %ismember(%1,@menulist) {


        1st menu stuff


        #VAR menu menu-name


      } {


        2nd menu stuff


        #VAR menu menu-name


      } {etc}


    } {


      ;invalid, show error


      #SAY '%1' is not a valid menu, ending process


    }


  }

Be sure to set up the @Menulist variable so that the menu names match up with the order of the menus as they appear.

Next, create the #ONINPUT trigger:




#ONINPUT {(*)} {


  #if (%isnumber(%1)) {


    ;it's a number, verify choice


    #if (%1 >= 1 or %1 <= highval) {


      ;is a valid choice


      #case %ismember(@menu,@menulist) {do menu stuff} {etc}


    } {


      ;not valid


      #SAY '%1' is not a valid option, please try again


      ShowMenu @menu


    }


  } {


    ;not a number, so reissue menu


    #SAY '%1' is not a valid option, please try again


    ShowMenu @menu


  }


}

There's a lot of error-check code in there, so it looks a lot harder than it really is. AS ALWAYS, consider this untested.

li'l shmoe of Dragon's Gate MUD

Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2002 7:46 pm

Thanks peeps you've been a great help.

BD

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