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Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

hello i wanted to make an alias called ssay so when i typed ssay hello it'll go through a %replace and come out as olleh

here's what i've done so far

#var {forward} {abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}
#var {backward} {zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba}

#alias {ssay} {text=%1;%replace(@text,@forward,@backward);say @text}

i've always tried just using the %1 instead of making it into a variable of @text but it doesnt seem to work either >< could someone help me out or point me in the right direction >< thanks.

i've always tried seperating each letter in the forward and backward variable with | but that didnt work either ><

Apprentice Joined: 29 Jun 2001 Posts: 198 Location: USA

Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 118 Location: USA

i tried that and here's what i get:

Input:
say some sample text

Output:
say @backwardstext
Variable originaltext removed.
Variable backwardstext removed.

Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

well it works fine for me ^_^

but that was an example i wanted to make another language oO but i'll continue to tinker with it and see if anything works ><

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

Alias works fine for me. Orang, have you changed your variable character to something other than @ (or disabled it)?
Check View, Preferences, Special Characters

Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 118 Location: USA

no i have not

Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

is there a way that i could replace the normal english letters

a|b|c|d|e|f|g|h|i|j|k|l|m|n|o|p|q|r|s|t|u|v|w|x|y|z

with this alphabet each letter from front to back would replace english from front to back,

e|p|s|t|i|w|k|n|u|v|g|c|l|r|y|b|w|h|m|d|o|f|x|q|a|g|

i was able todo a little with this, but i found a problem when i wrote a sentence it would run through, and if that changed letter were to pass by again it'll change it once again making the language incorrect

Apprentice Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 118 Location: USA

i changed it to: #SEND {say @backwardstext} and works fine.. weird

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

VBSCRIPT! (must have allow vb script checked in prefrences and VB script must be installed (in most cases it is)

#ALIAS ssay {
#MSS {reverse=strReverse(~""%-1"~")}
say %mss(reverse)
}

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

You could use %subchar(). That does exactly what Tanja wants, but it also applies to the original question.

Newbie Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 8

could you explain how? i'm a bit noobish when it comes to new functions that i've never used before

Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:18 am

#ALIAS ssay {
say %subchar("%-1", "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba")
}