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Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2002 3:46 pm

I have the following trigger pattern which works perfectly when I run it as just a trigger.

Pattern: %d%s&%dItem.Price%s&%dItem.AC%s%d%s&%wItem.Type%s(%w)%s&Item.Auto%s({ |*})%s(%w*)

However when I put the same trigger in a Trigger class, I get a syntax error here.

Pattern: %d%s&%dItem.Price%s&%dItem.AC%s%d%s&%wItem.Type%s(%w)%s&Item.Auto%s({ |*})%s(%w*)

However my original version, which doesn't quite do what I want it do doesn't throw a syntax error.

Pattern: %d%s&%dItem.Price%s&%dItem.AC%s%d%s&%wItem.Type%s(%w)%s&Item.Auto%s(?)%s(%w*)

Any suggestions as to what the problem is?

The pattern should match either of the following.

Text1:

 9     7800    7  3   Shield    Mithril      Yes   *  Exotek riot shield

Text2:

 13    190     2  3   Pants     Coretex      Yes      Protex leggings

Asati di tempari!

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

I tried pasting this pattern into a new trigger and had no problem doing so. I didn't get a syntax error either at the root level or in a subclass. However, you should note that * is a wildcard (you even use it yourself elsewhere in the pattern). Since you are attempting to actually match the * character, as opposed to any character, you should precede it with a ~.

Since this is clearly a fixed width pattern, you might be better served to use the &nn pattern, where nn is a number specifying how many characters to capture.

LightBulb
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SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

This is the way to go:
Pattern: %d%s&%dItem.Price%s&%dItem.AC%s%d%s&%wItem.Type%s(%w)%s&%wItem.Auto%s(?)%s(*)

Matching the * with { |*} works as well since anything in the braces is treated literally. The main change was to the capture of Item.Auto, I set that to %w. I am assuming it displays Yes or No and they are only 1 word. The default when using the direct variable capture is * which was picking up more then was wanted.