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Newbie Joined: 16 May 2002 Posts: 8 Location: Estonia

I have the stringlist variable holding the patterns(i.e patterns = "tells you|shouts"). What i want is using #if test, if some string matches one of the patterns in that variable.
According to manual this should be:
#if {@SomeString =~ {@patterns} } {...}

The problem is, this solution works perfectly, but my zmud 6.16 says there's a syntax error in that line - is it 6.16 problem? or maybe i should use another syntax? Thanks

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

It's better to put the string list right int the pattern of the trigger. Example:
#TRIGGER{%w {@patterns} '*'} {do something}

Kjata

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

If putting the variable in the pattern won't work, the preferred method would be the %ismember function. Also, you should use (), not {}, for the #IF expression.
#IF (%ismember(@SomeString,@patterns)) {...}

LightBulb
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Posted: Fri May 17, 2002 6:15 pm

You can do either way.

I use both trigger pattern and =~ pattern matching in my trigger for specific ANSI trigger with internal pattern triggering.

Do it like this:

#if {@SomeString =~ "{@patterns}"} {...}