this works for getting the total member count out of the txt file:
Code:
alias fstats {
  if ($read(fstats.txt,w,*<a href="index.cgi?action=mlall"><B>*</B></a>*)) {
  var %tm = $read(fstats.txt,$readn) 
  /msg #adasda Total Members: $gettok($mid(%tm,$calc($pos(%tm,mlall) + 10)),1,$asc(<)) 
}  


so i thought this would work too:
Code:
alias fstats {
  if ($read(fstats.txt,w,*<a href="index.cgi?action=mlall"><B>*</B></a>*)) {
  var %tm = $read(fstats.txt,$readn) 
  elseif ($read(fstats.txt,w,*Newest Member: <A HREF="index.cgi?action=viewprofile&username=*"><B>*</B>*)) {
  var %nm = $read(fstats.txt,$readn) 
  /msg #adasda Total Members: $gettok($mid(%tm,$calc($pos(%tm,mlall) + 10)),1,$asc(<)) Newest Member: $gettok($mid(%nm,$calc($pos(%nm,viewprof) + 25)),1,$asc(<))
}  


but it doesnt... confused

any suggestions?