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Revision as of 09:25, 25 July 2009
Using the $chan identifier you can get information about the channel(s) you're using.
$chan(N/#chan)
You can use a channel or a number for the first parameter. When you specify a channel, mIRC will return information about that particular channel, otherwise it returns information about the Nth channel. $chan returns the number of channels if N is 0 (zero).
When used without any parameters, $chan returns the channel where the current event (e.g. an on TEXT or on JOIN event) occured.
Note that if you get kicked from a channel and have the option 'leave channels open' enabled in the mIRC option dialog, $chan() will still contain that channel. If you want to get info about channels, you are really in, you'd have to use $comchan($me,0).
The following properties are available for $chan:
| Property | Description |
| topic | the channel topic |
| mode | the channel modes |
| key | the channel key (if channel mode +k is set) |
| limit | the channel limit (if channel mode +l is set) |
| ial | $true when mIRC knows the addresses of all users on that channel, $inwho if mIRC is updating its address list, $false otherwise |
| logfile | the logfile's path and filename for the channel |
| stamp | $true when timestamps are enabled, $false if not |
| ibl | $true if mIRC knows the banlist for this channel, $inmode if it's currently updating its banlist, $false if it doesn't |
| banlist | same as ibl [undocumented] |
| status | your status on that channel (e.g. joined, 'joining' or kicked) |
| inwho | $true when mIRC is currently processing a /who request for that channel |
| wid | the window ID for this channel |
| hwnd | the window handle for this channel, can be used in DLLs |
| idle | shos how long it has been from the last message in the channel (in seconds) |
Examples
$chan(#help.script) ;returns #help.script if you're on that channel, $null otherwise $chan(#help.script).topic ;returns the topic, which is currently set for #help.script
Note
When using $chan(N) to loop through all channels, it is usually advisable to use $comchan($me,n) instead.
The reason for this is if you get disconnected and have the setting 'Keep channels open' enabled, the channel still remains in $chan(n) list, when you reconnect to the server, for a short while before you've actually joined $chan(n).status would be set to 'Joining'.
If for some reason you can't connect, ie: you're banned, user limit reached, invite only, $chan(n).status would now be set to kicked.
For this reason, $chan(n) shouldn't be used to find what channels you're on unless you do extra checks. Example:
;clear %chans varible and set %i to total amount of channel windows open for this connection. var %chans, %i = $chan(0) ;keep looping while we have aleast one more channel to check. while (%i) { ;If we have joined that channel, add it to the list of chans. if ($chan(%i).status == joined) var %chans = $addtok(%chans,$chan(%i),32) ;decrease the value of %i dec %i } ;return all the channels we've found we are in. return %chans
Also See
- $comchan Find common channels between you and another user. (And yourself)
