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* '''alias''' - returns the alias definition
 
* '''alias''' - returns the alias definition
 
==Example==
 
==Example==
  $isalias(join)       returns $true if you have an alias for /join
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[[alias]] -l cow { [[say]] Cows go moo! }
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alias fish {
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  [[if]] (fishbot [[If-then-else#ison|ison]] [[$active]]) say I love the smell of fish in the morning.
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  else say I wish I could smell fish.
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}
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  $isalias(cow)           returns $true since we have a cow alias.
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$isalias(fish).fname    returns the filename in which the alias is saved or ''[[$null|null]]'' if the alias doesn't exist.
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$isalias(fish).alias    returns fish {
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$isalias(cow).alias     returns cow -l { say Cows go moo! }
  
$isalias(join).fname        returns the filename in which the alias exists
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If the above $isalias() calls are being called from outside the same remote file as the cow alias mirc would return $false since cow is a local alias and the .alias property would return null.
 
 
$isalias(join).alias       returns the alias definition for /join
 
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
* [[alias|/alias]]
 
* [[alias|/alias]]
 
[[Category:Identifiers]]
 
[[Category:Identifiers]]

Revision as of 20:00, 8 April 2008

Returns $true if the specified name is an alias command that exists in your aliases or scripts.

$isalias(name)

Properties

  • fname - returns the filename in which the alias exists
  • alias - returns the alias definition

Example

alias -l cow { say Cows go moo! }
alias fish {
  if (fishbot ison $active) say I love the smell of fish in the morning.
  else say I wish I could smell fish.
}

$isalias(cow)           returns $true since we have a cow alias.
$isalias(fish).fname    returns the filename in which the alias is saved or null if the alias doesn't exist.
$isalias(fish).alias    returns fish {
$isalias(cow).alias     returns cow -l { say Cows go moo! }

If the above $isalias() calls are being called from outside the same remote file as the cow alias mirc would return $false since cow is a local alias and the .alias property would return null.

See Also