on *:TEXT:*!help*:*:{
/msg $chan 4 -= Getting help =-
set %we.num $$2
set %we.c $chan
set %we.n $nick
set %we.t $asctime(hh:nn:ss)
if (%we.num == $null) {
/msg %we.c 4 -= Sorry Cant Get Help Need Number =-
unset %we.*
halt
}
else {
/gethelp
}
}

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Why Dont this give a error when a number is not given ?

Change $$2 to $2

Using $$* halts the script if the parameter is not present.

not sure, but I don't think:
/msg %we.c
is valid - should be a #channelname or $chan ?

ignore me - Iori will be right!

lol omg .. DOH! Thanks

Was driving me nuts !

Thanks Agin

Damn $$* halts the script i didnt know that i thought it halted the command it was issued on, i have just been through my scripts and weeded out 2 differnt times it would cause problems, i guess thats not so bad for about 150 $$*'s in scripts.
Stange that the help doesnt say it halts the script just says the command.

Well, when I said 'script' it was in reference to that particular block of code.

mIRC will not process anything past an null valued $$identifier.

//tokenize 32 a b $false | echo -a - $$3 | echo -a hello
- $false
hello

//tokenize 32 a b $null | echo -a - $3 | echo -a hello
-
hello

//tokenize 32 a b $null | echo -a - $$3 | echo -a hello
does nothing at all.

yeah thats what i gatthered
I had previously belived it only stopped the command it was in.
Like i would have *thought* the out put of this...

alias blah {
echo Blah 1
echo Blah $$1 was passed
echo Blah 2
}

using no $1 value would have been
Blah 1
Blah 2

I did not know the whole script stops, almost every script i have where a value is missing, pretty much isnt desgned to do anything anyway so it didnt effect that much.

How about ...

I can Save it to a txt file then do a search for line #
and out put the line # ?

Who Do I Do That ?

Anything is possible... though we have too little to go by to tell exactly what you're doing or want.

You may find $readini and /writeini especially helpful for Help Macro type scripts.
For Example: (very basic example... add bounds checking to taste.)

the contents of your help.ini file would look like this.

The user would simply type this in the channel:

<SomDumFoo> !help ROFL

- Raccoon