The code for a space in mIRC scripting

Hi!

What character combination do I need to use in mirc scripting so that it shows as a space?

$chr(32)

$chr(32) ??
Not sure exactly what you mean.

Well it's about an IMDb script.

We want the colors out. So I changed this original part:

alias -l _rating {
var %s = $ceil($1), %i 1
while (%i <= 10) { if (%i <= %s) { var %z $+(%z,7*) } | else { var %z $+(%z,14*) } | inc %i }
return $+(11[,%z,11])
}

to

alias -l _rating {
var %s = $ceil($1), %i 1
while (%i <= 10) { if (%i <= %s) { var %z $+(%z,*) } | else { var %z $+(%z,*) } | inc %i }
return $+([,%z,])
}

But now, (the output are 1o * signs so..

ration ********** where the rating is like 7 so you saw 7 stars in color and 3 not in color. but now i removed the colors, you can't see the difference anymore.

so i tried to replace the else stars command with dots, with _ signs but it doesn't look nice. so nice i thought, let's fill the non colored stars (in the original code) with spaces

but how

If $chr(32) doesnt work for you try $chr(160)

$chr(32) is the international ascii code for the space character, the same thing you get by pressing the space bar.
$chr(160) while in most fonts looks like the same character, it is not the same character and may not be interpreted the same.

Mirc cant display consecutive spaces, and using your method wont store them either

You can use this, it places a CTRL-O (change to ordinary text) before each space, thus seperating them but invisibly (unless you have colored the line already)

Code:

alias -l _rating {
  var %stars = $iif($ceil($1) &lt;= 10,$iif($v1 &gt;= 0,$v1,0),10)
  return $+([,$str(*,%stars),$str($+(,$chr(32)),$calc(10 - %stars)),])
}

You can use this, it places two CTRL-B's (bold on/bold off) before each space, thus seperating them but invisibly (bold remains what it was already becuase its toggled twice)

Code:

alias -l _rating {
  var %stars = $iif($ceil($1) &lt;= 10,$iif($v1 &gt;= 0,$v1,0),10)
  return $+([,$str(*,%stars),$str($+(,$chr(32)),$calc(10 - %stars)),])
}

You can use this, it places a hardspace $chr(160) which is asc for space + 128, down insead of a space, these are maintained by mirc, however some fonts dont have a blank character as 160 so it well show up as something.

Code:

alias -l _rating {
  var %stars = $iif($ceil($1) &lt;= 10,$iif($v1 &gt;= 0,$v1,0),10)
  return $+([,$str(*,%stars),$str($chr(160),$calc(10 - %stars)),])
}