echo with only a number as parameter

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echo with only a number as parameter #74164 07/03/04 12:24 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 44 Germany C ChosenOne OP Ameglian cow
OP ChosenOne Ameglian cow C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 44 Germany	try this: //echo $uptime ...and mIRC will tell you this: * /echo: insufficient parameters. I think mIRC should be able to echo this number....especially because it's mostly not a valid color-value. Of course I could use -a or -s everytime. But it would be more handy. P.S.: I'm using this 'workaround' atm: Quote: echo { if (!$2) && ($1 isnum) { echo -a $1- \| halt } !echo $1- } Last edited by ChosenOne; 07/03/04 12:25 AM.

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74165 07/03/04 12:35 AM
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Online Hoopy frood O Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,922	I agree. If the only parameter is a number, mIRC should be smart enough to understand we want to display it.

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74166 07/03/04 12:55 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 810 C cold Hoopy frood
cold Hoopy frood C Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 810	/halt would halt the whole process.. you should use /return, or better, just use an /else statement instead of using any of the two. Edit: The 'isnum' operator shouldn't be used in this way, it'd validate negative and decimal numbers too. Also, (!$2) could validate $2 as 0 or $false too. Code: alias echo { if ($1- isnum 0-) && (. !isin $1) echo -a $1 else echo $1- } Last edited by cold; 07/03/04 01:05 AM. * cold edits his posts 24/7

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74167 07/03/04 01:14 AM
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Online Hoopy frood O Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,922	Or just: if $0 == 1 { echo -a $1 } \| else echo $1-

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74168 07/03/04 11:45 AM
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tontito Fjord artisan T Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 307 Portugal	i also agree

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74169 07/03/04 04:03 PM
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qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	Also, you might want to provide support for the "." prefix: Code: if $0 == 1 { $iif($show,echo,.echo) -a $1 } \| else $iif($show,echo,.echo) $1- /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74170 07/03/04 06:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 810 C cold Hoopy frood
cold Hoopy frood C Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 810	No need to provide that, it works internally. * cold edits his posts 24/7

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74171 07/03/04 06:58 PM
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cold Hoopy frood C Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 810	True, I just did that way because personally I wouldn't like it to support "echo -a" alone and similar stuff. * cold edits his posts 24/7

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74172 07/03/04 08:06 PM
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qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	What do you mean by "works internally" ? /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74173 07/03/04 08:10 PM
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tidy_trax Hoopy frood T Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,327	it doesn't work internally unless you use the original echo alias. Code: alias echo { echo $1- } .echo -q hello still makes it echo hello New username: hixxy

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74174 07/03/04 08:13 PM
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cold Hoopy frood C Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 810	mIRC does this checking itself. If $show is $true in an alias, the commands called from it will act like the '.' prefix was used for them too. If you try using that /echo alias without the $show checking, you'll see that /.echo -q will act accordingly. * cold edits his posts 24/7

Re: echo with only a number as parameter

#74175 07/03/04 08:19 PM

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Quote:

it doesn't work internally unless you use the original echo alias.

Code:

alias echo { echo $1- }

.echo -q hello still makes it echo hello

It *doesn't* make it echo. Not here, in a clean copy, at least. And I've always used it like that with no problems at all.

Code:

alias echo { echo $1- }
[color:green]; /.echo -q hello (from the editbox) - nothing is echoed[/color]

alias echo { echo $1- }
alias test { .echo -q hello }
[color:green]; /test - nothing is echoed[/color]

alias echo { echo $1- }
alias test { echo -q hello }
[color:brown]; /test - 'hello' is echoed[/color]
[color:green]; /.test - nothing is echoed[/color]

It works the opposite of what you said.

Code:

alias show1 { echo -ag show1 $show | show2 }
alias show2 { echo -ag show2 $show | show3 }
alias show3 { echo -ag show3 $show }
[color:brown]/* Results for /.show1:
show1 $false
[color:green]show2 $false
show3 $false[/color]
You could even try including the -q switch in some echo command;
it won't be echoed anymore.
*/[/color]

* cold edits his posts 24/7

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74176 07/03/04 08:39 PM
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tidy_trax Hoopy frood T Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,327	i tried it again and it didn't echo so i must of done something wrong last time New username: hixxy

Re: echo with only a number as parameter #74177 07/03/04 08:46 PM
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qwerty Hoopy frood Q Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,523	Aha, I didn't know that, thanks for clarifying /.timerQ 1 0 echo /.timerQ 1 0 $timer(Q).com

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