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Posted by Jesse P Bunker   (2 posts)  Bio
Date Fri 16 Oct 2020 12:38 PM (UTC)
Message
I would like to make an alias as follows and can't seem to figure it out or find a reference on the forums.

r* returns
r%1
r%2
r%3

so rstc returns
rs
rt
rc

I can't figure out how to make a wildcard that only matches a single character.


Also, Nick, thank you so much for all your hard work!
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Posted by Fiendish   USA  (2,533 posts)  Bio   Global Moderator
Date Reply #1 on Fri 16 Oct 2020 03:14 PM (UTC)
Message
Use a regular expression pattern instead.

https://github.com/fiendish/aardwolfclientpackage
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,070 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #2 on Fri 16 Oct 2020 11:26 PM (UTC)
Message
A little bit of scripting lets you break up the wildcard (stc) into individual letters:


<aliases>
  <alias
   match="r*"
   enabled="y"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>

for c in string.gmatch ("%1", "%a") do
  Send ("r" .. c)
end -- for

</send>
  </alias>
</aliases>


Template:pasting For advice on how to copy the above, and paste it into MUSHclient, please see Pasting XML.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,070 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #3 on Sat 17 Oct 2020 12:54 AM (UTC)

Amended on Sat 17 Oct 2020 06:57 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon

Message
If it was always 3 letters then Fiendish's suggestion would work, that is a regular expression:


^r(.)(.)(.)$


That would match 3 characters and each one would be their own wildcard (ie. %1, %2, %3).

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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