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Beginner Joined: 04 Apr 2003 Posts: 27

Hi,

^{20|16|12|8|4}$ will prevent the numbers in the brackets from wildly matching (like in 2001, 1160, etc).

The question is why can't I use ^ and $ in a situation like this:

#var fruit {apple|cranberry|peach}
#trigger {^{@fruit}$} {#cw red}

It doesn't work.

If I use

#trigger {{@fruit}} {#cw red}

the words 'cranapple' and 'peachtree' get partially coloured.

I'd like to avoid using spaces at either end because sometimes the mud outputs text like

Peach nectar drips slowly from the broken bottle.

An apple, a peach, and a mixing bowl is on the ground.

And in these two instances spaces won't let the trigger match.

- Ren

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

The ^ tells zMUD to match at the beggining of the line and the $ tells zMUD to match the end of the line. This means that if you surround a pattern with ^ and $, you are telling zMUD to fire the trigger only if the pattern is the only thing in the line.

There is no other way to do what you want except with the spaces. In reality, you need three triggers: one for the start of the line, one for the end of the line, and one for the middle of the line. Try these:
#TRIGGER {^{@fruit}{ |,}} {#CW red}
#TRIGGER { {@fruit}{.|}$} {#CW red}
#TRIGGER { {@fruit}{ |,}} {#CW red}

Kjata