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Controles evaluation of identifiers / variables
 
Controles evaluation of identifiers / variables
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The evaluation brackets work a bit like [[$eval]] though you can add multiple things to evaluate at different levels at once.
 
The evaluation brackets work a bit like [[$eval]] though you can add multiple things to evaluate at different levels at once.
  
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   var %b = % [[$|$+]] a
 
   var %b = % [[$|$+]] a
 
Now %a is "sometext" and %b is "%a"
 
Now %a is "sometext" and %b is "%a"
   [[echo]] -a [ %b ]
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   [[echo]] -a [ %b ] returns ''%a''
 
This would echo "%a" since %b is evaluated once. Note that this is the same as just echoing %b
 
This would echo "%a" since %b is evaluated once. Note that this is the same as just echoing %b
   echo -a [ [ %b ] ]
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   echo -a [ [ %b ] ] returns ''sometext''
 
This would echo "sometext" since %b is first evaluated to "%a" and then %a is evaluated to "sometext".
 
This would echo "sometext" since %b is first evaluated to "%a" and then %a is evaluated to "sometext".
  
 
Now lets see how it works out in more complex forms.
 
Now lets see how it works out in more complex forms.
   echo -a [ %a $+ [ %b ] ]
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   echo -a [ %a $+ [ %b ] ] returns ''sometext%a''
 
This would echo "sometext%a" In this case %a is evaluated once and so is %b. Note that echoing [ %a $+ %b ] won't work.
 
This would echo "sometext%a" In this case %a is evaluated once and so is %b. Note that echoing [ %a $+ %b ] won't work.
   echo -a [ %a $+ [ [ %b ] ] ]
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   echo -a [ %a $+ [ [ %b ] ] ] returns ''sometextsometext''
 
This would echo "sometextsometext" since %a is evaluated once and %b twice.
 
This would echo "sometextsometext" since %a is evaluated once and %b twice.
  
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   var %surname = bot
 
   var %surname = bot
 
   [[set]] % $+ %name $+ . $+ %surname m00
 
   [[set]] % $+ %name $+ . $+ %surname m00
   echo -a % [ $+ [ %name ] $+ . $+ [ %surname ] ]
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   echo -a % [ $+ [ %name ] $+ . $+ [ %surname ] ] returns ''m00''
 
This would set %fish.bot to "m00" and echo "m00".
 
This would set %fish.bot to "m00" and echo "m00".
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== See Also ==
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* [[$+|$+]] $+ identifier
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* [[$eval|$eval]] $eval identifier
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[[Category:MIRC Help]]

Latest revision as of 22:36, 20 April 2016

Controles evaluation of identifiers / variables The evaluation brackets work a bit like $eval though you can add multiple things to evaluate at different levels at once.

Example:

 var %a = sometext
 var %b = % $+ a

Now %a is "sometext" and %b is "%a"

 echo -a [ %b ] returns %a

This would echo "%a" since %b is evaluated once. Note that this is the same as just echoing %b

 echo -a [ [ %b ] ] returns sometext

This would echo "sometext" since %b is first evaluated to "%a" and then %a is evaluated to "sometext".

Now lets see how it works out in more complex forms.

 echo -a [ %a $+ [ %b ] ] returns sometext%a

This would echo "sometext%a" In this case %a is evaluated once and so is %b. Note that echoing [ %a $+ %b ] won't work.

 echo -a [ %a $+ [ [ %b ] ] ] returns sometextsometext

This would echo "sometextsometext" since %a is evaluated once and %b twice.


Another example:

 var %name = fish
 var %surname = bot
 set % $+ %name $+ . $+ %surname m00
 echo -a % [ $+ [ %name ] $+ . $+ [ %surname ] ] returns m00

This would set %fish.bot to "m00" and echo "m00".

See Also

  • $+ $+ identifier
  • $eval $eval identifier