I have an alias for PsiSense set so that if I simply type the alias (psense), it will turn it on, but it will turn off if I type "off" after it. The catch is that I added a few conditions so that it will automatically select the substratus channel if my "channel" variable is set to super.



If anyone could tell me what's wrong with that code, I'd really appreciate it. It's all the ons and offs.

EDIT: This is zMUD code, by the way.

Ok, number of things.
First off, "=" doesn't work as a valid compare when using strings.
Secondly, alll that #if stuff is complicated and ugly. Harder to read and follow the flow.

Here's some clean code.

I didn't understand from your post exactly what the problem is, but I'll wager that is always does 'psi sub psisense off' regardless of the variables. As Visaeris said, you can't use '=' to compare. What you're doing in this code segment is say "if you can put the value 'super' in the variable 'channel', then do..." What you want to do is use '==' which is the "do this if %1 is equal to %2"

And the formating of your code is merely a personal preference. You can use Visaeris' code, and it probably works (it looks like it should), but the #if isn't inherently wrong either. "Clean code" is also determined by clarity.

There is no "==" operator in zmud scripting language. You use "=".

unless it's a string at which point you use.. "=~"

Like I said

If you say so... that would mean there's no exact comparison operator for strings, which would be weird.

Meh, I wasn't sure if it was zMUD that didn't have '==' or MUSHclient.
Anyway, what exactly is the problem you're having?

Well, I don't understand Visaeris' code at all, since I've never used %if and all that. Care to explain what the syntax you're using, especially the commas, does?

So I can't use the "=" to check for strings?

EDIT: Well, I guess the zMUD help index is a good place to start. It looks a lot cleaner, that's for sure.

I've never had success with = checking strings, but eh.

With regards to %if, start up zMUD and type "#help %if"

It's pretty simple.

%if(evaluation,stuff if true, stuff if false)

The commas seperate the parameters.

Ah, it makes sense now. It's pretty much the same thing, just cleaner?

EDIT: Is it possible to search for a wild card in %pos or otherwise?

I'm seeing some misinformation here, which I would like to clear up now.

1. You can use = or == interchangeably when doing comparisons in zMUD.

2. You can use = to compare strings, but you need to have the proper quoting. %1 = off works the way "%1" = "off" works. If one or both sides has spaces or special characters in it, you need the double quotes around them, so it's always a good idea to include them when evaluating strings.

3. The =~ operator is used to match zMUD pattern symbols as wildcards, and works in much the same way that triggers evaluate text from the game.

4. The #IF command and %if function are similar except in where they can be called and what they return. Functions (prefixed with %) return values. Commands never return values, but can only be called separately (i.e., not inline) unless you want to use %exec. In the case of %if, it will return either the second or third parameter based on the value of the expression in the first.

If you want to search a string for a wildcard, either use the =~ syntax, the %regex function, or the %match function (which is equivalent to =~, basically).