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How can I get the number of users in a channel? Is there any identifier that can give me that value?
thank you.

$nick($chan,0)

Thanks

You could also use this to calculate the number of users on all channels you're on.

/users #mIRC returns all users on #mIRC providing you are in there.
/users on it's own calculates the number of users on all the channels you're on.

//say $users(#mIRC) - returns all users on #mIRC providing you are in there.
//say $users calculates the number of users on all the channels you're on.

Not necessary but you migh need it.

Here's an alternative:



//echo -a $users
-> 170

//echo -a $users(#mIRC)
-> 29

//echo -a $users(#mIRC #scripting)
-> 73

If you issue //echo -a $users from a channel window, the channel name will be prefixed with a * in the $dde reply, thus not returning any amount of nicks for that channel.

Might also be a good idea to use $ddename, since the name of the ddeserver can be changed, although it defaults to mIRC at each startup.

Finally, using $dde is ok, but if another mIRC is running, the results are corrupted, since $dde will return the channels from the client which was last opened.

I forgot to mention the most important one of all in my last post, being that this snippet does not work in a multi-server environment. It only gives the nicks from the server window where you issued, and even this result is incorrect.

Let's say you have 2 server windows open, 2 different networks.

Network 1: dalnet
Channels:
#a = 2
#b = 2
#c = 2

Network 2: undernet
Channels:
#d = 5

Issuing $users on server 1, will result in %users being: 7 instead of 11, because $dde returns all channels, including #d, but you're not on #d in network 1, so the code does an inc with $nick(#d,0) being $null, which increments with 1 (default if no amount is specified)

Issuing $users on server 2, will result in %users being 8 instead of 11, for the same reason.

One other thing, channel names can contain a * in their name, so using a global $remove on a channel name would also remove those and corrupt the results.

I'd perhaps go for something like:


Greets