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Chris_3413
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Joined: 22 Mar 2004
Posts: 46
Location: Australia
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 Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:17 am
wildcards in alias names
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Is there a way to have a wildcard in the middle of an alias name?
I want to be able to make an alias that repeats a command a cetain number of times i know how to do this with #repeat but i want to be able to type a number with the alias for the number of loops as an example:
typing make 3 shirtsshould go through and sew 3 shirts however zmud seems to have an issue with using make (%d) shirts as the alias name[/b] |
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Serentus
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Joined: 28 Sep 2001
Posts: 103
Location: USA
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:26 am
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#ALIAS make {#LOOP %1 {sew %2}}
%1 and %2 are parameters passed to the alias, so
'make 3 shirts' will
sew shirt
sew shirt
sew shirt
'make 5 pants' will
sew pants
sew pants
sew pants
sew pants
sew pants |
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Danlo
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Joined: 28 Nov 2003
Posts: 313
Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:18 am
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Or, you could do this:
#oninput {Make(%d)pants$} {#gag;#loop %1 {sew pants}} |
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mr_kent
Enchanter
Joined: 10 Oct 2000
Posts: 698
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:09 pm
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"You should use an #ALIAS for this kind of command since it is more efficient than using command input (#ONINPUT) triggers." - Quoted from help file.
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LightBulb
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Joined: 28 Nov 2000
Posts: 4817
Location: USA
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 3:41 pm
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| zmud seems to have an issue with using make (%d) shirts as the alias name |
Alias names should be limited to a single word. zMUD will allow multiword alias names, but they are useless because only the first word of a command line is checked against the alias list.
This one is fairly simple, you can use #LOOP like Serentus did or just use the #nn syntax with %1 providing the number.
#AL make {#%1 sew}
make 5 shirt |
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Chris_3413
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Joined: 22 Mar 2004
Posts: 46
Location: Australia
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 4:27 pm
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I got around it by using a second alias to call the first ones in a loop. but it would have been nice to have it all in one and sound like a proper sentence to type in... thanks anyway
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