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Expected an infinite loop, but it doesnt loop!? #157278 23/08/06 11:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 31 D Div OP Ameglian cow
OP Div Ameglian cow D Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 31	A friend of mine asked a strange request for a script earlier... he wanted to open a browser on the clicking on a string that looked like #123456 instead of opening the channel. I came up with this: Code: join { if ($right($1,-1) isnum) { if ($?!="This will open a webbrowser, continue?" == $true ) { url http://www.imdb.com/title/tt $+ $right($1,-1) halt } } join $$1 } Now the minute i typed that code I figured it would create an infinite loop on the join alias... but for some reason it didn't, can anyone explain this to me please?

Re: Expected an infinite loop, but it doesnt loop! #157279 23/08/06 11:02 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK S starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood
starbucks_mafia Hoopy frood S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,962 Norwich, UK	mIRC scripting doesn't allow direct recursion, so when you call join within that alias it's actually performing the built-in join command. Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and stupid comments are intentional.

Re: Expected an infinite loop, but it doesnt loop! #157280 23/08/06 11:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 31 D Div OP Ameglian cow
OP Div Ameglian cow D Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 31	i see... Thanks ;-) explains alot!

Re: Expected an infinite loop, but it doesnt loop! #157281 23/08/06 11:05 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881 H hixxy Hoopy frood
hixxy Hoopy frood H Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881	You can use a 0-second timer to get around the problem: Code: join { if ($right($1,-1) isnum) { if ($?!="This will open a webbrowser, continue?" == $true ) { url http://www.imdb.com/title/tt $+ $right($1,-1) halt } } .timer 1 0 join $$1 }

Re: Expected an infinite loop, but it doesnt loop! #157282 23/08/06 11:07 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 31 D Div OP Ameglian cow
OP Div Ameglian cow D Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 31	LOL you mean to actually make it loop :tongue: hahaha ;-) I never wanted it to loop in the fisrt place, I was just expecting it to loop.

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