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hi,

i created a var in the variables section "%test 1"

then i made an alias:



if i type in "/test" it shows ALWAYS "yes" and the timer halts,doesnt matter if "%test" is 1 or not.

if i type exactly this in the console:

"/timertest 0 1 if (%test == 1) { timertest off | echo -a yes } "

it works fine and shows nothing and the timer runs when its not 1...

why is that?!

You can't exactly do it that way from within script. Since | seperates commands, it doesn't put both of those on the timer, so the /echo is done right away when you run the alias and only the "if (%test == 1)" and "timertest off" are executed on the timer. What you need to do to get this to work is to use $chr(124) instead of the | as follows:

alias test {
timertest 0 1 if (%test == 1) { timertest off $chr(124) echo -a yes }
}

Not even this will work. During the evaluation of the parameters passed to timer (inside the routine that called it), { and } are lost. You can see what I mean with this:

alias test {
.timertest 0 1 if (%test == 1) { timertest off $chr(124) echo -a yes }
timertest
}

Since { and } are lost, mirc thinks that "echo -a yes" is not part of the /if statement.

One would have to use $({,) or $chr(123) instead of { and $(},) or $chr(125) instead of }.

thanks for answers.

What can i do now instead of using aliases ?

if i use aliases and the aliases has also timers etc, i will have spghetti-code at end. isnt there a way? like

.timer 0 1 {
if (%bla == 1) { blub }
}

this?