kewl ty starbucks ...... works exactly what i neded it too after i read up on finding things

for anyone interested this is the new working code

Code:
on *:DIALOG:cnl:sclick:25:{ 
  //write nicks.ini $did(23).text $calc($did(cnl,28).sel -1)
  set %cnlcolor. $+ $did(23).text $calc($did(cnl,28).sel -1)
  if $did(23).text isin %specialnicks { echo -a added to list }
  else { set %specialnicks %specialnicks $did(23).text }
  did -a cnl 21 $did(23).text $calc($did(cnl,28).sel -1) 
  did -r cnl 23
  ;  did -r cnl 31
}
on *:DIALOG:cnl:sclick:26:{ 
  //write -dl $+ $did(21).sel nicks.ini
  set %temptok $1($did(21).seltext) 
  unset cnlcolor. $+ $gettok(%temptok,1,32)
  set %specialnicks $deltok(%specialnicks,$findtok(%specialnicks,$gettok(%temptok,1,32),32),32)
  did -d cnl 21 $did(21).sel
  unset %temptok
}


again ty for the heads up there starbuckswasnt sure how to get that figured out

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