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Apprentice Joined: 27 Dec 2001 Posts: 105 Location: USA

I have a text file containing all of the quests for my MUD, along with the steps to complete the quest. I use an alias to search the file and return the matching quest. Here is the alias:

Name: quest
Value: #if (%1 = _nodef) {
#file 2 script_quests.txt
#forall @quest_alias {#execute %i}
#forall @quest_match {#say %i}
#close 2
} {
#file 2 script_quests.txt
#var quest_match %grep( 2, "%-1"))
#var quest_match %replace( @quest_match, "[%-1] ", "[quest] ")
#loop 3 {#delnitem quest_match %numitems( @quest_match)}
#var quest_alias %grep( 2, "alias-%-1")
#var quest_alias %replace( @quest_alias, "[alias-%-1] ", "")
#forall @quest_alias {#execute %i}
#forall @quest_match {#say %i}
#close 2
}

The problem is that I can't search using a variable.
Ex- #var quest_name {kill this guy}
"quest kill this guy" works just fine, but "quest @quest_name" actually searches for "quest @quest_name" INSTEAD of "quest kill this guy"

I've tried a few functions to fix this, but I've had no luck. I've even tried using a trigger.
Ex- #TRIGGER {^Name: (%*)$} {quest %lower(%1)}

That didn't work either. Any ideas?

Fat Tony

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

Strange, your Trigger would expand %lower(%1) so there wouldn't be any variable for the alias to process.

If you're trying to use a variable at the command line, it normally won't be expanded. You can force expansion with <>.
quest <@quest_name>

LightBulb
Senior Member

Apprentice Joined: 27 Dec 2001 Posts: 105 Location: USA

In the trigger, if I use 'quest %lower(%1)', it opens, the file and then closes it, without displaying anything (as if it didn't find any quests that matched %1). If I don't use %lower, and just do 'quest %1', it almost works, but to make it work completely, I need everything captured in %1 to be lowercase. I also tried putting %lower(%1) in a variable, and then doing 'quest <@quest_name>', which brings up the LAST quest it matched, not the one I'm currently searching for. Is there something in the quest alias that is keeping it from being able to search for a variable?

Fat Tony