Forums Scripts & Popups Having trouble with extremely basic script

Hi friends,

I have 0 programming background, but I decided to take a stab at coding a very simple script. All I want it to do is on !guess, write the rest of the line to a text file. I looked at the /write page on Wikichip, but I'm still not getting it to work.

Here's what I've got.



Thanks for helping this old dog learn a new trick.

Ineptly yours,
Inept

Spacing matters and you must specify which type of window: * for any window.

Further adding to Loki's reply. You should use the help files in mIRC frequently. You can access it by typing "/help" or "/help on text" to jump to a section immediately.

In the help files it shows examples and explanations as to why things are the way they are.
For instance: You can use 4 different windows.
* = All windows
? = Private message window
# = Any channel window
#Channel = #Channel specific window

Also, you'll notice something when using the working script. It will only trigger when the text is exactly "!guess". Having anything after will never trigger the script. Thus rendering $1- useless.

You can find the solution in the on text help files.
Writing $1- to the file will always include !guess btw. You might want to consider making it $2- instead