Forums Scripts & Popups * /set: line too long

What is the max length for /set and what is the best way to deal with $1- if it is too long to set? (ie cutting down, etc)

Thanks.

I don't know for sure if there's a definite maximum, I think the value has other factors that determine the exact number of characters available. Generally speaking though it's 900+ characters.

The "best" way (in my opinion,) would be to not write code that could try to store that much information in variables. If you suspect a variable could require this much information, don't store it in a variable, use another storage mechanism instead. An example is trying to store a list of users in the channel. A variable is ok if it's a tiny channel but in a channel with 1000+ users the script is going to break very easily.

Hash tables, .ini files, text files, binary files, binary variables, and user levels are other storage mechanisms that may work better depeding on the script requirements.

Of course if you insist on using a traditional variable you can check the length (with $len()) of the data before storing it and come up with some way to split your variable (usually people that do it this way do so by creating another variable name %variablename2 or similar) to store the data.

To be exact - variable name + value can be a max of 945 characters combined.

The length of the /command (and switches, etc) is also included.

oddly you can use $1- being over 945 as long as you dont end up with a result over 945, (or 9?? what ever it is )

I had a script where i went something like.

blah {
var %qwe = $1-
;later on
var %g $remove(%qwe %qwe,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z)
}

it failed but...
var %g $remove($1- $1- ,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z)

worked fine.

PS: it was something like that, dont quote me on that exactly.

what exactly does that do?

I don't actually understand what that does...

I got a html stripper, let me post a copy.



How would I mpliment that into my script, so that it will not give me the error "* /set: line too long" or such.

Thanks.

I know this is an old post, but I still have not resolved this problem... Anyone?

I'm still having issues with this. Still no solution.

Anyone up for the challange?

you could use binary vars which are now unlimited and cut it into pieces at tag boundaries which don't exceed the maximum length of 900 chars (or cut it at 900 if no tag is available in the next 900 chars, for example along paragraph of text)

You can manipulate each chunk as you cut it out from the binary var.