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hello,
Im looking for an alias that will act kind of like $replace($2,dog,cat,right,left...) but will read from a text file, so i dont have a $replace a mile long

Example of text file:
reads replace

dog cat
right left
up down

Can anyone help me?
Thanks

Presuming that your text file is called replace.txt and that it's in your mIRC directory, give this a try.

Code:

 alias replace.word {
  var %a = 1
  while %a &lt;= $0 {
    var %word1 = $gettok($1-,%a,32)
    var %word2 = $iif($read(replace.txt,s,%word1),$v1,%word1))
    var %line = $replacex($1-,%word1,%word2)
    inc %a
  }
  $iif($isid,return,echo -a) %line
}

Usage: /replace.word <sentence>
or $replace.word(<sentence>)

The first usage will return the information as an echoed line in your active window.
The second usage will return the information to the calling script.

Change filename if necessary

awesome

Thanks a lot, works great.

Is there a way to use * in the list for partial matches?

Thanks

Yes, replace

Code:

 var %word2 = $iif($read(replace.txt,s,%word1),$v1,%word1))

with one of the following

1) Word must end with the item being searched (ie: searching for op would also catch stop)

Code:

 var %word2 = $iif($read(replace.txt,w,$+(*,%word1)),$v1,%word1))

2) Word must start with the item being searched (ie: searching for op would also catch ops)

Code:

 var %word2 = $iif($read(replace.txt,w,$+(%word1,*)),$v1,%word1))

3) Word can occur anywhere (ie: searching for op would also catch stops)

Code:

 var %word2 = $iif($read(replace.txt,w,$+(*,%word1,*)),$v1,%word1))

NOTE: These will replace the ENTIRE word, not just the portion of the word that matches

cool. Thanks again. I will give them a try.