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Combining aliases with RegExp
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| Thaeldan
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| Sun 04 Mar 2001 04:20 PM (UTC) |
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| This tutorial will show you how to combine aliases into a single alias with MUSHClient's Regular Expression feature.
In this example we will create an alias that fetches a potion from a bag and then quaffs it.
The alias looks like this:
^(misty|orange|yellow|clear|green)$
Inside the parenthesis are the names of different potions separated by "|" which is the OR character for Regular Expressions. This means that it will only match one of the potions inside, but nothing else.
The "^" at the beginning tells MUSHClient to look for the potions only if they appear at the beginning of a line, this will prevent it from matching e.g.:
give green Thaeldan
The "$" at the end of the line, does the opposite of "^" telling MUSHClient that it will only match if you write a potions name without anything after it, thus eliminating e.g.:
yellow stone of brick
To add the alias, press Shift-Ctrl-9 on the keyboard, you should see a dialog similar to the one below:
Click "Add" and enter the alias as below:
Alias: ^(misty|orange|yellow|clear|green)$
Send: g %1 bag
q %1
Enabled: checked
Regular expression: checked
The lines "g %1 bag" and "q %1" are what we will send to the mud, it's very basic. "g" is an abbreviation for "get" and "%1" is the first parameter passed by the alias, in our case one of the potions. Finally the "q %1" will quaff one of the potions.
To use the alias simply type e.g.: "misty" on the command line and press enter, this will send:
Neat huh? And all in one alias!
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