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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:33 am

I use triggers similar to..
#TR {{@enemies}} {#CW 12} to keep colour quite a few groups. allies, enemies, ordermates, known and trusted merchants etc etc.
Having multiple such triggers all checking -every- word slows things down a bit, especially when I sometimes use an older, slower comp. Usually I just disable the ones I dont need... and all except for enemies, if I'm on that older comp. Today though, I was pondering quicker ways to do it. I thought I'd list a couple and ask which would be the quicker (if any).

Before I begin.. these are just ideas written off the top of my head, from memory of available commands/syntaxes. Just ignore the minor bugs if there are any; I'm asking about speed here Smile

Idea 1: Db variable
#ADDKEY names {name1=ally|name2=ally|name3=enemy|name4=enemy|name5=merchant}
#TR {(%w)} {#IF (%iskey(@names,%1) > 0) {col%db(@names,%1)}
#AL colally {#CW 10}
#AL colenemy {#CW 12}

Idea 2: %ismember
enemies={ename1|ename2|...|enamen}
allies={aname1|aname2|...|anamen}
#TR {(%w)} {
#IF (%ismember(%1,@enemies) > 0) {#CW 12;#ABORT 1}
#IF (%ismember(%1,@allies) > 0) {#CW 10;#ABORT 1}
...
}

Other ideas... somehow use nested dbvariable.. which I have no idea how would work, or to use paired stringlists to simulate a dbvariable in the way the first idea would work...if that'd be quicker.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

You might just try the record variable with the color numbers you want for that text...
#TR {({@recordVar})} {#CW %db(@recordVar,"%1")}

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 3:11 am

quote:
Originally posted by Vijilante

You might just try the record variable with the color numbers you want for that text...
#TR {({@recordVar})} {#CW %db(@recordVar,"%1")}

Ooh, thanks. I nevr realised record vars would match like lists do. Thats perfect! Smile

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

Sorry, Vijilante. It was an interesting concept but it doesn't work. If the same line contains two (or more) names, one of which is an enemy and the other an ally, they will both be the same color. Which color it is changes depending on which name comes first.