Gammon Forum : MUSHclient : VBscript : Wildcards not pulling correctly.

Entire forum ➜ MUSHclient ➜ VBscript ➜ Wildcards not pulling correctly.

Wildcards not pulling correctly.

It is now over 60 days since the last post. This thread is closed. Refresh page

Posted by

Sleaker (24 posts) Bio

Date

Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:04 AM (UTC)

Message

Okay I have a trigger:
^[A-Za-z *]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x:(?:.*?) y:(?:.*?) z:(?:.*?) r:(.*?) b:(.*?) s:(.*?) h:(.*?) S:(.*?)

you remember this don't you YEAH!
Sample of what it's trying to parse:
PS*[ps]B Alpha Mongoo x: 5 y: 5 z: 0 r: 3.3 b:298 s: 0.0 h: 0 S: S

okay,

When the script runs:

Sub Store_Contact2(thename, theoutput, theparameter)
'Inputs: Contact information from contacts last 5 items.
'Outputs: None.
'Purpose: Store contact data on target for later use.
strRange = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Range: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(1))
strSpeed = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Speed: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(3))
strHead = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Head: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(4))
strStatus = World.GetVariable("SecContactColor") & "Status: " & World.GetVariable("PriContactColor") & Trim(theparameter(5))
StoreContact
End Sub

It just inputs blank values instead of
str = this stuff
so when I try using the info I am using all blank values except for the World.GetVarables.
so the Trim(theparameter(#))s are returning blanks..

Now my first question is, is the trigger correct and then why is it giving blanks back yet the script is still being run..

Top

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (23,158 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #1 on Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:27 AM (UTC)

Message

Seems to me you need to "escape" the asterisk, otherwise it is looking for multiple spaces, not a space or an asterisk. I got this to work, I usually try displaying the wildcards first (see example below) and then work on the script.


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="2"
   enabled="y"
   match="^[A-Za-z \*]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x:(?:.*?) y:(?:.*?) z:(?:.*?) r:(.*?) b:(.*?) s:(.*?) h:(.*?) S:(.*?)$"
   regexp="y"
   send_to="2"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>w 1 = %1
w 2 = %2
w 3 = %3
w 4 = %3
w 5 = %5</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

- Nick Gammon

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

Top

Posted by

Sleaker (24 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #2 on Sat 21 Sep 2002 05:37 AM (UTC)

Message

ahh for some reason it liked started working when I put another A-Z inside the first []

Top

Posted by Magnum Canada (580 posts) Bio

Date

Reply #3 on Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:40 PM (UTC)

Amended on Sat 21 Sep 2002 04:48 PM (UTC) by Magnum

Message


^[A-Za-z \*]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x:(?:.*?) y:(?:.*?) z:(?:.*?) r:(.*?) b:(.*?) s:(.*?) h:(.*?) S:(.*?)$
    ^
    ^
   I think this will be wildcard 1, if I understand that right.

You may want to add more escape characters:


^[A-Za-z \*]*\[(?:.*?)\](?:.*?) x\:(?:.*?) y\:(?:.*?) z\:(?:.*?) r\:(.*?) b\:(.*?) s\:(.*?) h\:(.*?) S\:(.*?)$

...but if you have it working, you may not want to play with it any more.

Get my plugins here: http://www.magnumsworld.com/muds/

Constantly proving I don't know what I am doing...
Magnum.

Top

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (23,158 posts) Bio Forum Administrator

Date

Reply #4 on Sat 21 Sep 2002 11:40 PM (UTC)

Message

Quote:

I think this will be wildcard 1, if I understand that right.

No, because it is not in round brackets.

- Nick Gammon

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

Top

The dates and times for posts above are shown in Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC).

To show them in your local time you can join the forum, and then set the 'time correction' field in your profile to the number of hours difference between your location and UTC time.

16,719 views.

It is now over 60 days since the last post. This thread is closed. Refresh page

Go to topic: Search the forum

top