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Beginner Joined: 17 Apr 2001 Posts: 14 Location: USA

Im trying to store special characters into some variables but i cant seem to get them to show up, special characters being braces {} or brackets [] or parentheses ()'s. ive tried using ~ before the character i want put into the variable but whenever i try to use a trigger to say the variable, those characters wont show up.
Right now this is what i have:

#var BsLine {I just @BSText @mult @TwistText @JustBsed to @TargCond @TargPercent at @RoomName My HP: @CurrentHP @SanctFlag @EFsmessage @PKType}

and this is what it looks like when i backstab someone

I just SINGLED 6.0 A gypsy merchant to Dead! 0% at Market Street My HP: 603 NO SANCT! LPK

ive tryed doing #1 and #2, and variations of the two:
Example #1:

#var BsLine {"I just ["@BSText"] ["@mult"] " @TwistText "[ "@JustBsed" ]" to @TargCond "["@TargPercent"]" at "[ "@RoomName" ]" My HP: @CurrentHP "["@SanctFlag"]" @EFsmessage "["@PKType"]"}

Example #2:

#var BsLine {I just ~[@BSText~] ~[@mult~] @TwistText ~[ @JustBsed ~] to @TargCond ~[@TargPercent~] at ~[ @RoomName ~] My HP: @CurrentHP ~[~@SanctFlag~] @EFsmessage ~[@PKType~]}

basically just trying to get it so it looks like above but has brackets seperating every few things
ie.

I just [SINGLED] [6.0] A gypsy merchant to Dead! (0%) at [ Market Street ] My HP: 603 NO SANCT! [LPK]

or something similar...

ive also tryed going to each individual variable and storing the brackets/braces/etc in those triggers as well, but it seems that you cant store them in variables.
Any thoughts?

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 11:23 am

Those brackets can be tricky yeah.
When you try to fill the variable you need a tilde in front of each bracket, like you're doing in your example #2. However when you call that variable in a trigger or something, those brackets you have stored will be evaulated AGAIN. So, you'll need to store the tilde in front of each bracket as well. To do this I think you'll need 3 tildes in front of each bracket when you first store it (one will be substracted to get a [, a second will be substracted to get a ~).

#VAR BsLine {{I just ~~~[@BSText~~~] ~~~[@mult~~~].........}

Well, so much for that thought. I tested it, and it indeed stores them correctly, but a #SAY or #SHOW still won't get the bracket out (it does give a tilde though).
Maybe this can help you further along though.

Acaila

Beginner Joined: 17 Apr 2001 Posts: 14 Location: USA

Well, I tried doing the multiple ~~~ let you suggested but i cant get the characters to show up. I've got no idea why either. Been trying for like 2 weeks now, and it looks like you cant store them in variables. I could be wrong, and hopefully someone knows how to do this.

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2001 6:53 pm

It's a good thing you reposted on this subject, because Zugg just gave the solution to your problems in another post recently.

Use the %expand function.

First, save your variable like this:
#var BsLine {I just ~[@BSText~] ~[@mult~] @TwistText ~[ @JustBsed ~] to @TargCond ~[@TargPercent~] at ~[ @RoomName ~] My HP: @CurrentHP ~[~@SanctFlag~] @EFsmessage ~[@PKType~]}

Then to call it use:
%expand(@BsLine,1)
Put that in a #SAY or #SHOW or #SUB or however you wanted it to output.

This should result in what you intended.

Acaila

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

quote:

Well, I tried doing the multiple ~~~ let you suggested but i cant get the characters to show up. I've got no idea why either. Been trying for like 2 weeks now, and it looks like you cant store them in variables. I could be wrong, and hopefully someone knows how to do this.

Aside from %expand, %char works too. Just a lot more cumbersome

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