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Webkid USA (22 posts)

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Sun 31 Jul 2005 04:04 AM (UTC) [ quote ]

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Much thanks to whoever can help me with this.

I can't for the life of me get these to match correctly.
I have two triggers, simular but different.

The syntax is as follows:

You slice <mob name> with your <weapon name>.

and

You slice <mob name> horribly with your <weapon name>.

I have tried everything I can think of to get these to match properly, but everything I have tried hasn't worked corretly.

Any ideas?

-Webkid

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Posted by

Flannel USA (1,230 posts)

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Reply #1 on Sun 31 Jul 2005 07:02 AM (UTC) [ quote ]

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What have you tried?
Do you need to 'know' the modname (as in, be able to use it in a wildcard).
If not, then you can just do this:
^You slice (.*?) with your (.*?)\.$
However, the first wildcard would be either "mob name" or "mob name horribly" depending.

You can also do this:
^You slice (.*?)(?: horribly) with your (.*?)\.$
which will allow you to use %1 as "mob name" and %2 as "weapon" all of the time, regardless of horribly.
However, in the past we've had some problems with lookaheads having wierd results, so if that doesnt work, you have two options.

If you want to make sure you can use the wildcards, thn you'll need to do this:
^You slice (.*?)(| horribly) with your (.*?)\.$
which will allow you to use %1 and %3 as your mob, and weapon respectively (and 2 will be "" or " horribly", however, if you DONT care about using the wildcards (or at least the weapon), you can do this:
^You slive (.*?)( horribly)? with your (.*?)\.$
which will make it so you either have %1 %2 or %1 %2 %3, with the first being the mob name, the last being the weapon, and the middle (where applicable) being " horribly".

Other problems, make sure there isnt a space after the period, or at the beginning of the line (or a prompt at the beginning of a line), and make sure you have regexp checked (and either double check you have the correct case of everything, or tell mushclient to ignore it). Also, if you are testing it using CTRL-SHIFT-F12, make sure you put a carriage return before and after the line, to make sure you're sending a clean line, and ending with a newline (the trigger won't try to match until it recieves a newline).

~Flannel

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Eternity's Trials.

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Posted by Webkid USA (22 posts) bio

Date Reply #2 on Sun 31 Jul 2005 09:12 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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I'm sorry, I'm trying to learn how to use these Reg Exps so thanks for bearing with me.

Here is what I'm getting, first the message, then the output:

You slice <mob> with your <weapon>. <-- Message to match.
DEBUG: You slice <mob> for -20 to -23 hps. <-- Correct output message.
You slice <mob> horribly for -24 to -27 hps. <--- Shouldn't show up.

You slice <mob> horribly with your <mob>. <-- Message to match.
DEBUG: You slice <mob> horribly for -20 to -23 hps. <--- Shouldn't show up.
You slice <mob> horribly for -24 to -27 hps. <-- Correct output message.


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="7"
   enabled="y"
   keep_evaluating="y"
   match="You slice (.*) with your (.*)\."
   regexp="y"
   repeat="y"
   send_to="2"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>DEBUG: You slice %1 for -20 to -23 hps.</send>
  </trigger>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="6"
   enabled="y"
   keep_evaluating="y"
   match="You slice (.*?)(| horribly) with your (.*)\."
   regexp="y"
   repeat="y"
   send_to="2"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>You slice %1 horribly for -24 to -27 hps.</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

-Webkid

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