Mudlet Questions

by Rika

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Razenth2011-08-28 03:07:37
You usually use .*?, not .*+
Lilia2011-08-28 03:14:07
I'm pretty sure '+' and '*' are either/or. You only use one, and in this case, you should use (\\w+), which will match on one word. (.*) will match on any string of characters, including spaces, so you'll use that for mobs and weapons. (a monk wearing grey robes, a katana of Contiuum solids)
Unknown2011-08-28 13:16:16
QUOTE (Yrael @ Aug 28 2011, 03:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
When placing wildcards in a trigger pattern, is anything wrong with similar:

^You raze (.*+)'s aura of rebounding
?


Why would you use such a greedy expression? Names have just the characters A-Z and a-z, so use either (\\w+) or (+)

Also,

+ means ONE or more than one.
* means NONE or more than none.

So, in essence:

CODE
^You raze (\\w+)\\'s aura of rebounding\\.$
Unknown2011-08-28 13:30:13
Okay, I can't take it any more. You use (.+?) to capture phrases, like weapon names. You use (+) to capture player names.
Unknown2011-08-28 17:13:17
QUOTE (Zarquan @ Aug 28 2011, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Okay, I can't take it any more. You use (.+?) to capture phrases, like weapon names. You use (+) to capture player names.


Eh?

Of course, when using a trigger like the rebound raze, (\\w+) has the possibility of matching other things, right?

I mean, we see things like "You raze H£&t5*2g3's aura of rebounding." all the time, don't we?

In short, using (\\w+) is fine. smile.gif
Razenth2011-08-28 18:46:39
REGEXP FIGHT!
Unknown2011-08-28 18:52:39
QUOTE (Razenth @ Aug 28 2011, 07:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
REGEXP FIGHT!


^(+) (+)\\!$

>.>
Ytran2011-08-28 19:03:57
QUOTE (Draylor @ Aug 28 2011, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Eh?

Of course, when using a trigger like the rebound raze, (\\w+) has the possibility of matching other things, right?

I mean, we see things like "You raze H£&t5*2g3's aura of rebounding." all the time, don't we?

In short, using (\\w+) is fine. smile.gif

It's works, but there's nothing wrong with also being correct.
Unknown2011-08-28 23:50:50
Since we're talking about regexp:

Lehki - near the argent trunk of the Moonhart Mother Tree (the Ethereal Plane)

What's a good pattern to catch the location part but NOT the plane part? Meaning, I want to capture 'near the argent trunk blah blah' but not (the Ethereal Plane)?
Neos2011-08-28 23:57:24
QUOTE (Sojiro @ Aug 28 2011, 07:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Since we're talking about regexp:

Lehki - near the argent trunk of the Moonhart Mother Tree (the Ethereal Plane)

What's a good pattern to catch the location part but NOT the plane part? Meaning, I want to capture 'near the argent trunk blah blah' but not (the Ethereal Plane)?

Funnily enough, was just thinking about my scry trigger which strips the plane. Unfortunately, don't have access to my stuff. sad.gif
Rika2011-08-29 00:12:42
QUOTE (Sojiro @ Aug 29 2011, 11:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Since we're talking about regexp:

Lehki - near the argent trunk of the Moonhart Mother Tree (the Ethereal Plane)

What's a good pattern to catch the location part but NOT the plane part? Meaning, I want to capture 'near the argent trunk blah blah' but not (the Ethereal Plane)?


^\\w+ \\- (.*) \\(.*\\)$

Try that?
Lilia2011-08-29 00:13:04
QUOTE (Sojiro @ Aug 28 2011, 06:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Since we're talking about regexp:

Lehki - near the argent trunk of the Moonhart Mother Tree (the Ethereal Plane)

What's a good pattern to catch the location part but NOT the plane part? Meaning, I want to capture 'near the argent trunk blah blah' but not (the Ethereal Plane)?

^(\\w+) - (.*) \\(.*\\)$
Unknown2011-08-29 00:45:02
QUOTE (Lilia @ Aug 28 2011, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
^(\\w+) - (.*) \\(.*\\)$


Well that's embarrasing, I did try this pattern, but I did \\((.*)\\) instead of what's above. Works now, thanks!

QUOTE
You create a series of windows in the cosmic fabric and search out all your enemies.
Through the cosmic windows, you see:
Rathan - the Portals of Serenwilde (Serenwilde Forest, South)
Aeden - the Charter Room (Hallifax City)
Hoernath - a panoramic view of the Serenwilde (Serenwilde Forest, South)
Cauthorn - centre of the Necropolis (City of Magnagora)
Lehki - gathering place Maybe (Tar Pit Wastes)
Donovain - busy concourse (off-continent) (Sethetmun Hive)
Enyalida - gathering place Maybe (Tar Pit Wastes)
Kyair - At the stairway entrance of a towering oak (the Aetherways)
Unknown2011-08-29 15:25:49
There's always:

CODE
^(\\w+) \\- (+)\\(+\\)$


For the sake of simplicity. (Less "greedy")
Vadi2011-08-30 01:06:33
That's a good one. Now for a script to transform that output into a nice per-area+per-room people listings, along with how many people are in a room and add it to the IRE mapper script? biggrin.gif
Unknown2011-08-30 20:10:08
On it.
Stratas2011-08-31 08:12:00
So, I recently decided to test upgrading my laptop's mudlet from 1.1 to 2.0. Prior to this, I used Stygian (which I know isn't supported by anyone or anything) because it worked for what I needed it to do. Now, it doesn't work at all. Even the auto-sipper, which is pretty annoying. The problem seems to stem from the Load Script Files, particularly a file called phpTables.lua. When I check Load Script Files I get this error: "Lua syntax error:... \\\\phpTables.lua:22: bad argument #1 to 'getn' (table expected, got nil)"

looking in phpTables.lua I find this:

CODE
function phpTable(...) -- abuse to: http://richard.warburton.it
local newTable,keys,values={},{},{}
newTable.pairs=function(self) -- pairs iterator
local count=0
return function()
count=count+1
return keys,values]
end
end
setmetatable(newTable,{
__newindex=function(self,key,value)
if not self then table.insert(keys,key)
elseif value==nil then -- Handle item delete
local count=1
while keys~=key do count = count + 1 end
table.remove(keys,count)
end
values=value -- replace/create
end,
__index=function(self,key) return values end
})
for x=1,table.getn(arg) do
for k,v in pairs(arg) do newTable=v end
end
return newTable
end


I see 'getn' there at the end, but I've no idea what it's doing, so I've no idea what's wrong, if it can be fixed, or how to fix it if it can. I'd really prefer not having to dump Stygian like a rotting corpse.
Vadi2011-08-31 08:24:41
Try replacing

table.getn(arg)

with

#arg
Stratas2011-08-31 22:37:08
Okay, tried that, and now I'm getting the error: "Lua syntax error:... \\\\phpTables.lua:22: attempt to get length of global 'arg' (a nil value)"

Calixa2011-09-04 22:53:51
Still can't get this to work for the XP counter:

I have the four output lines of QSC in a multi-line trigger. Or rather, three of them, as the line containing the XP information is used to take variables from. I want to gag the whole output of QSC, but it has to be done in such a manner that the script still gets the variables to work with. How do I do this without gagging each line individually, which leads to lines that appear elsewhere to be gagged too.

And on a related note, when I set a trigger to run for the next 99 lines, is there just no way to make it so that if it executes after 20 lines it stops triggering completely? It now continues happily on.