Forums Scripts & Popups can somebody explain this to me?

How come this works:

var %££¢¢mp3.playing = $did(mp3player,20).seltext
//scon -a ame $did(mp3player,20).seltext ( $+ $right($duration($calc($sound(%££¢¢mp3.playing).length / 1000),3),5) $+ )  | halt }

and this doesnt:

//scon -a ame $did(mp3player,20).seltext ( $+ $right($duration($calc($sound($did(mp3player,20).seltext).length / 1000),3),5) $+ )

When I try the second one, it doesnt give me an error, but it doesnt display the time either. The first method works and that's what Im using, but it's damned strange

In firefox there's a strange character touching your $did().seltext, maybe that's to blame.

Here's the same code with that character removed:

coulda been my paste - but I assure you, the code in my mirc is accurate (well, I THINK it is lol). dont understand why it wouldnt work tho

You have a control charactor in front of a $ "$did(mp3player,20).seltext", There should be a space between the two (use $+ if you dont want to output to have a space at the start) " $+ $did(mp3player,20).seltext"