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Beginner Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 20

I am having a bit of trouble handling special characters.

The text that is giving me the problems is:
Bob is auctioning {*>SweetDreamS<*} (Level 1, Num 84). Current bid is 100.

The trigger is:
(%w) is auctioning &equipSearch ~(Level (%d), Num (%d)~). Current bid is *.

The variable equipSearch is picking up:
*>SweetDreamS<*

Is there anyway to store the curly brackets in the variable so it matches the origional string?

While I am on special characters:
I have a variable that is storing the following text (with the parentheses):
(Shinny Boots)

A text variable handles this fine. When I add it to a data record it loses the parentheses, so it is stored in the database as:
Shinny Boots

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kingfish

Adept Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 264 Location: USA

me too, found the solution for [] was %expand, but with %expand {} are stripped

just been living with it as noboby came up with a solution in a previous thread, P.S. Aardwolf?

Beginner Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 24

I used the following pattern:

Adept Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 264 Location: USA

Ikyu store %2 in a variable...
then #show @variable

Adept Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 268

Don't this fall into the whole "use " or ' marks around things" post of Nex's?

Beginner Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 20

Nah, This doesn't have anything to do with that post. I have yet to see a post that addresses this question correctly.

The variable is created directly in the trigger:

(%w) is auctioning &equipSearch ~(Level (%d), Num (%d)~). Current bid is *.

If the var equipSearch has a double quote around it, or is surrounded by brackets Zmud will drop them when storing it.

Here are a few examples of the problem

Bob is auctioning "sword" (Level 1, Num 340). Current bid is 100.
Bob is auctioning {sword} (Level 1, Num 340). Current bid is 100.
Bob is auctioning [sword] (Level 1, Num 340). Current bid is 100.

I can't escape the special characters with a ~ becuase I don't what they are before hand.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Kingfish

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

So, umm, why not go with other wildcards and simply handle the assignment via #VAR or even the a=b syntax?

Beginner Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 20

So, are you saying try something like:

(%w) is auctioning (*) ~(Level (%d), Num (%d)~). Current bid is *.

and then

#VAR aucItem {%2}
or
#VAR aucItem "%2"

That still doesn't work. If the second pattern is surrounded by special characters like I mentioned below it will not save them to the variable. Myself and several others would be anxious to see if you have tested a way that this works.

Thanks again for taking the time.

Kingfish

Adept Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 226

Testing this with #SHOW, this seems to work with all your examples:

#TRIGGER {(%w) is auctioning (*) ~(Level (%d), Num (%d)~). Current bid is *.} {#VARIABLE aucitem {%literal( %2)}}

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Well, you should be glad to know I tested a way to make your problem disappear...it's exactly the same trigger pattern you started the post with (tested with the very line you posted that the trigger pattern was based on). What version of ZMud are you using? I'm starting to think it's more interference from some Preference setting or one of those niggling quirky glitches that randomly spring up for no reason.

If it's a preference setting, it might be Strip quotes.