Wouldn't it be easyer to make it a linked list and have them us a command, like call john. It would then loop through the link list doing if (!str_prefix(list->name, arg))?
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 5:16 PM Subject: Adapting Alias system to store phone numbers > Hey everybody, > > As some of you may remember, I added cell phones to my MUD a coupla > months ago, using the 10 digit ID number as a phone number. Well, this is a > rather long number, and hard to remember, so I have been trying to use a > system like the aliases to store numbers and match them with a name, which > can then be easily used from my phone command (store John 1034627163, phone > John will dial 1034627163) but I can't get it to store the numbers, just a > long list of errors on compile. I think it has something to do with the fact > that the second part has to be a number, not a string, but I have no idea how > to get it to work. I'm attaching my alias code to this message, if anyone > out there has time, I'd greatly appreciate help altering the alias/unalias > commands into phonestore/phonelist/phoneremove commands. > > Thanks in advance, > Zack > > Drug Wars MUD, > dwmud.ods.org 2528 > http://fly.to/dwmud > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- /*************************************************************************** * Original Diku Mud copyright (C) 1990, 1991 by Sebastian Hammer, * * Michael Seifert, Hans Henrik St{rfeldt, Tom Madsen, and Katja Nyboe. * * * * Merc Diku Mud improvments copyright (C) 1992, 1993 by Michael * * Chastain, Michael Quan, and Mitchell Tse. * * * * In order to use any part of this Merc Diku Mud, you must comply with * * both the original Diku license in 'license.doc' as well the Merc * * license in 'license.txt'. In particular, you may not remove either of * * these copyright notices. * * * * Much time and thought has gone into this software and you are * * benefitting. We hope that you share your changes too. What goes * * around, comes around. * ***************************************************************************/ /*************************************************************************** * ROM 2.4 is copyright 1993-1998 Russ Taylor * * ROM has been brought to you by the ROM consortium * * Russ Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * * Gabrielle Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * * Brian Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * * By using this code, you have agreed to follow the terms of the * * ROM license, in the file Rom24/doc/rom.license * ***************************************************************************/ #if defined(macintosh) #include <types.h> #else #include <sys/types.h> #endif #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <time.h> #include "merc.h" /* does aliasing and other fun stuff */ void substitute_alias(DESCRIPTOR_DATA *d, char *argument) { CHAR_DATA *ch; char buf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH],prefix[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH],name[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH]; char *point; int alias; ch = d->original ? d->original : d->character; /* check for prefix */ if (ch->prefix[0] != '\0' && str_prefix("prefix",argument)) { if (strlen(ch->prefix) + strlen(argument) > MAX_INPUT_LENGTH) send_to_char("Line to long, prefix not processed.\r\n",ch); else { sprintf(prefix,"%s %s",ch->prefix,argument); argument = prefix; } } if (IS_NPC(ch) || ch->pcdata->alias[0] == NULL || !str_prefix("alias",argument) || !str_prefix("una",argument) || !str_prefix("prefix",argument)) { interpret(d->character,argument); return; } strcpy(buf,argument); for (alias = 0; alias < MAX_ALIAS; alias++) /* go through the aliases */ { if (ch->pcdata->alias[alias] == NULL) break; if (!str_prefix(ch->pcdata->alias[alias],argument)) { point = one_argument(argument,name); if (!strcmp(ch->pcdata->alias[alias],name)) { buf[0] = '\0'; strcat(buf,ch->pcdata->alias_sub[alias]); strcat(buf," "); strcat(buf,point); if (strlen(buf) > MAX_INPUT_LENGTH - 1) { send_to_char( "Alias substitution too long. Truncated.\r\n",ch); buf[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH -1] = '\0'; } break; } } } interpret(d->character,buf); } void do_alia(CHAR_DATA *ch, char *argument) { send_to_char("I'm sorry, alias must be entered in full.\n\r",ch); return; } void do_alias(CHAR_DATA *ch, char *argument) { CHAR_DATA *rch; char arg[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH],buf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; int pos; smash_tilde(argument); if (ch->desc == NULL) rch = ch; else rch = ch->desc->original ? ch->desc->original : ch; if (IS_NPC(rch)) return; argument = one_argument(argument,arg); if (arg[0] == '\0') { if (rch->pcdata->alias[0] == NULL) { send_to_char("You have no aliases defined.\n\r",ch); return; } send_to_char("Your current aliases are:\n\r",ch); for (pos = 0; pos < MAX_ALIAS; pos++) { if (rch->pcdata->alias[pos] == NULL || rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos] == NULL) break; sprintf(buf," %s: %s\n\r",rch->pcdata->alias[pos], rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos]); send_to_char(buf,ch); } return; } if (!str_prefix("una",arg) || !str_cmp("alias",arg)) { send_to_char("Sorry, that word is reserved.\n\r",ch); return; } if (argument[0] == '\0') { for (pos = 0; pos < MAX_ALIAS; pos++) { if (rch->pcdata->alias[pos] == NULL || rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos] == NULL) break; if (!str_cmp(arg,rch->pcdata->alias[pos])) { sprintf(buf,"%s aliases to '%s'.\n\r",rch->pcdata->alias[pos], rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos]); send_to_char(buf,ch); return; } } send_to_char("That alias is not defined.\n\r",ch); return; } if (!str_prefix(argument,"delete") || !str_prefix(argument,"prefix")) { send_to_char("That shall not be done!\n\r",ch); return; } for (pos = 0; pos < MAX_ALIAS; pos++) { if (rch->pcdata->alias[pos] == NULL) break; if (!str_cmp(arg,rch->pcdata->alias[pos])) /* redefine an alias */ { free_string(rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos]); rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos] = str_dup(argument); sprintf(buf,"%s is now realiased to '%s'.\n\r",arg,argument); send_to_char(buf,ch); return; } } if (pos >= MAX_ALIAS) { send_to_char("Sorry, you have reached the alias limit.\n\r",ch); return; } /* make a new alias */ rch->pcdata->alias[pos] = str_dup(arg); rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos] = str_dup(argument); sprintf(buf,"%s is now aliased to '%s'.\n\r",arg,argument); send_to_char(buf,ch); } void do_unalias(CHAR_DATA *ch, char *argument) { CHAR_DATA *rch; char arg[MAX_INPUT_LENGTH]; int pos; bool found = FALSE; if (ch->desc == NULL) rch = ch; else rch = ch->desc->original ? ch->desc->original : ch; if (IS_NPC(rch)) return; argument = one_argument(argument,arg); if (arg[0] == '\0') { send_to_char("Unalias what?\n\r",ch); return; } for (pos = 0; pos < MAX_ALIAS; pos++) { if (rch->pcdata->alias[pos] == NULL) break; if (found) { rch->pcdata->alias[pos-1] = rch->pcdata->alias[pos]; rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos-1] = rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos]; rch->pcdata->alias[pos] = NULL; rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos] = NULL; continue; } if(!strcmp(arg,rch->pcdata->alias[pos])) { send_to_char("Alias removed.\n\r",ch); free_string(rch->pcdata->alias[pos]); free_string(rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos]); rch->pcdata->alias[pos] = NULL; rch->pcdata->alias_sub[pos] = NULL; found = TRUE; } } if (!found) send_to_char("No alias of that name to remove.\n\r",ch); }
