Is there a way to check for words? - mIRC Discussion Forums

I am trying to write an Smart AI for my IRC bot, only trouble is that I have no idea how to make the bot match per WORD rather than scan the whole text for nearest match. I also want to scan all the words in a sentance for matches.

Like 'hi' in the word high triggers the script and I don't want that. Even a exact matching method would help

Any help would be appechiated

I dont really script but looking at the help file i thought maybe $istok would help.
example.

Code:

on *:text:*:#: if ($istok($1-,hi,32)) { ....

and what about on *:text:*hi*:#: if you are only looking for one word and dont have to parse alot of if statements that maybe an option

I tried the 'on *:text:*word*:#:' method once, but it gets bulky and slow and stops working correctly after you add a certian amount.

Was planning something a little more than one word, but yeah I'll try out the $istok method and see with what I can come up with.

edit -- On some reflection, I think maybe a hybred of the two methods could be used to reach my goal, but expect to hear from me again if it fails :P

As a note, AI scripts for mIRC have been suggested and attempted before, but (to my knowledge) no one has ever written one that is complete, due to various limitations of the mIRC program.

I know, hence the appeal of the challenge

You could use:

Code:

$regex(name,a few words,/\b(word|otherword|anotherword)\b/)

\b in regex is a word boundary if I'm correct (will match 'nothing' in: "there is nothing!", where $istok wouldn't).
Also, you can use $regml(name,1) to get the word matched (to save some CPU cycles), and $regml(name,1).pos to get the position of the match.

That is what I was looking for, thanks Kardafol