I have a quick question that I've been unable to figure out by looking at the FAQ, help file, and searching the forums (post by post no less!). I have a simple linkbot script that I run between channels. Whenever anyone uses the pipe character, it tries to execute a new command instead of just displaying it in the channel. Any help is much appreciated. Here's the simple code that I run.


-Ecks

P.S. The multi-server capabilities in mIRC are amazing. That was the one thing that I thought was missing from it, and now it's damn near perfect.

You might try using $!1- .. or perhaps $!replace($!1-,|,$!chr(124)) .. one of those might do the trick.

If you are always going to have those two connections as CID's 1 & 3

Yes, the connections remain the same. I'm only designing this script for me (although maybe I'll rewrite it so anyone can use it later). Your code worked wonderfully Nimue: but I was wondering if you'd explain the $($1-,1) section to me. I don't understand what this does (and it's obviously how you solved my problem since the rest is virtually the same as my code). Also, why did you re-write everything? Are variables quicker than if statements? Thanks for your help, it's much appreciated.

-Ecks

Oops yes I am used to using it for myself and sometimes forget to NOT use it elsewhere.
$($1-,1) is simply a "shortcut" to $eval($1-,1)

I used this way simply for economy of code, you could do the same with "if (this) / elseif (that)"

Thanks again. I like to know how stuff works just as much as knowing that it DOES work. It kind of confused me that your version works when if you replace the $1- in my code with the $eval($1-,1) in your code it doesn't work. Is it that when you place it into a variable, it doesn't try to evaluate it at all? That's the only thing I can think of. Kind of a hack, but I'm glad it works .

-Ecks

This is because identifiers are evaluated for each command that processes them. So, once when you send them to a different CID (/scid N), and then again when a command (in this case "/msg") is used.
Setting it unevaluated to %var and then using "/scid N /command % $+ var" inserts an extra evaluation (the $+), which you obviously cant do with "$!1-" / "$ $+ 1-" or it will evaluate literally to "$1-"

Hope that helps.

Yes, indeed it does. Thanks for the thorough explanation.

-Ecks

There is a much simpler solution to your problem than of trying to avoid evaluations. Just "switch" the script to the proper CID and then execute any commands you want.