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  /nick new-nick
 
  /nick new-nick
  
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== Note ==
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*Valid nickname characters are as follows: 0-9a-z\[]^_`{|}-
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*A nickname must also '''not''' begin with a numeric or a hyphen (-).
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*Some ircd reserve single character nicknames for service bots, QuakeNet '''is''' an example of this.
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''Here is an example to check if %nick is a valid nickname or not:''
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[[var]] %nick = \V\alid
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var %regex = /^([][A-Za-z_\\^`{|}][][\w\\^`{|}-]*)/
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[[If-Then-Else|if]] ([[$regex]](%nick,%regex)) {
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  [[echo]] -ag [[$regml]](1) is a valid nickname!
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}
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[[If-then-else|else]] { echo -ag %nick is not a valid nickname! }
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'''Note:''' The above example, if you feed it with  ''\Valid!nvalid'', it would return it as a valid nickname, although the only valid part of the nick is ''\Valid''.  If you type /nick \Valid!nvalid the ircd would trim the nick to \Valid, this is why in the echo of a valid nickname we use $regml(1) instead of %nick, this is a back reference to the valid nickname captured.
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If you also want to check that the nickname is atleast two characters long you can replace the * with a + as it will make sure that the second exists:
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/^([][A-Za-z_\\^`{|}][][\w\\^`{|}-]+)/
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The example below will only match if the whole nickname is valid, so it won't truncate the nickname:
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/^([][A-Za-z_\\^`{|}][][\w\\^`{|}-]*)$/
 
== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
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* {{Relatedraws|nick}}
{{Relatedraws|nick}}
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* [[On nick|On nick event]]
  
 
[[Category:Basic IRC commands]]
 
[[Category:Basic IRC commands]]

Latest revision as of 12:56, 20 September 2011

Changes your nickname.

/nick new-nick

Note

  • Valid nickname characters are as follows: 0-9a-z\[]^_`{|}-
  • A nickname must also not begin with a numeric or a hyphen (-).
  • Some ircd reserve single character nicknames for service bots, QuakeNet is an example of this.

Here is an example to check if %nick is a valid nickname or not:

var %nick = \V\alid
var %regex = /^([][A-Za-z_\\^`{|}][][\w\\^`{|}-]*)/
if ($regex(%nick,%regex)) {
  echo -ag $regml(1) is a valid nickname!
}
else { echo -ag %nick is not a valid nickname! }

Note: The above example, if you feed it with \Valid!nvalid, it would return it as a valid nickname, although the only valid part of the nick is \Valid. If you type /nick \Valid!nvalid the ircd would trim the nick to \Valid, this is why in the echo of a valid nickname we use $regml(1) instead of %nick, this is a back reference to the valid nickname captured.

If you also want to check that the nickname is atleast two characters long you can replace the * with a + as it will make sure that the second exists:

/^([][A-Za-z_\\^`{|}][][\w\\^`{|}-]+)/


The example below will only match if the whole nickname is valid, so it won't truncate the nickname:

/^([][A-Za-z_\\^`{|}][][\w\\^`{|}-]*)$/

See Also