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Wanderer Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 70 Location: USA

This looks like I'm just not finding the right syntax instead of being a bug, so posting this here instead of the beta forum.

I'm trying to use %match for a trigger pattern involving a list variable, e.g.,
#VAR test {a|b|c}
#SHOW %match("a", "({@test})", I)

It seems that the problem is that the variable, being inside quotes, isn't being expanded, as #SHOW %match("a", "({a|b|c})", I) works perfectly.

I know I can go back to ("a" =~ "({@test})") but as the %match function is preferable, can anyone help me with the right syntax to make this work?

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

If it doesn't work with double-quotes, perhaps you should try without them. I'm not a beta tester so I can't test this for myself, since %match isn't in a public version yet.
#SHOW %match( "a", ({@test}), I)

It might even be necessary to double-quote some parts and not others.
#SHOW %match( "a", "({"@test"})", I)

The problem is that you want @test expanded and double-quotes tell zMUD not to expand what's between them.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

What you are stating constitutes a bug and should be reported on the beta forum.