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[Nimos]

1. On a "PUBM" bind, the last var is the whole message. How can I get only the word after the trigger?

2. How to use the "Global" variable set comman?

3. Whats the difference between putserv, puthelp & putquick? and which is best to use?

[nml375]

1. First off, do you really need pubm binding? At first it almost sounds like a simple pub binding would do.
If you do go with pubm, you'll have to use various string manipulation techniques to accomplish what you ask for. One of the simplest, assuming you've got a fixed length trigger, is using "string range". Other options might be converting the string to a list (using split), and then use commands such as lindex or lrange and join to select the desired part.

2. global varname
Links the local variable named varname to the globalspace one with the same name.

3. The difference is in which queue the command is placed within.
puthelp has the lowest priority, and will only be sent when the other queues are empty. This is the preferred queue for anything not essential for protecting your channel, as it won't block kicks, modes, etc with non-critical commands.
putserv has higher priority than puthelp, but lower than putquick. This queue should be used for important things, such as opping members.
putquick has the highest priority, and should only be used for critical commands, such as kicking/banning people trying to take control of your channel, etc.

A common misconception is that putquick/putserv is faster than puthelp. This is not the case. They all use the same punishment calculator and throttling. puthelp will only be delayed if there is important stuff in the putserv and putquick queues.

• If you are writing a script that outputs some kind of text to the channel, you should always strife to use puthelp - no public chatter is more important than keeping your channel safe. And using puthelp won't hurt performance if your eggie is not used for channel security.
  
• If you are interacting with nickser/chanserv/etc, or pushing modes with your script, considder using the putserv command, as these would most likely be more important than simple chatter.
  
• If your script is protecting your channel from floodnets or spammers, use putserv or putquick depending on the urgency of the action. Kicking TO-botnets would probably be more important than removing a spammer, but removing a virus-spreading spammer may be more important than removing a single floodbot.

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[Nimos]

thanks for your answer

i need a pubm binding because of a wildcard...imho pub binds dont support wildcards, right?

can you explain 1. more, if possible by giving an example?
im not really expierienced in tcl...

[nml375]

If you need wildcards, you indeed need the pubm binding.
string range <string> <start> <end> selects a substring of <string> defined by the ranges <start> and <end>.
Provided that the trigger is fixed-length, you could do something like this:

[Nimos]

works! thanks you!

now i need 2 more:

1. I have an !kick bind, but it is not working at ppl with [ ] in the name....how to fix it?

2. is there a way to put all users in a specified channel into a variable?

[nml375]

1. Most likely you screwed up somewhere in the code. Without seing the code I could only make fairly educated guesses as to the error. My first guess would be that you use lindex or lrange on a string, which is a huge nono. Second guess would be that you use utimers improperly.

2. Yup:

[Nimos]

yes, i used lrange in the wildcard bind...

but why does it work with people without [ ] in their names?

[nml375]

Because you are using it on a string, you should only use it on lists - ever!

lrange expects the first argument to be a valid tcl list-structure. These may look similar to strings at a first glance, however, they are not. Especially in the case where there's characters such as {[]} (among others), special formatting is done to preserve the structure of the list. If you attempt to use a malformatted list, you'll end up with garbled data and unexpected results.

If you need to use lrange to extract a substring from a string, you must use it like this (I'll explain why after the example):

[Nimos]

but whats the difference between this one, and the example above?

the only one I see is "2 3" instead of "2 end"...

[nml375]

Could you post the code?
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[Nimos]

ok

[nml375]

The thing here, is that lrange returns a list, not a string.

[Nimos]

thanks for your explanations!

everything works fine now!

[metroid]

I didn't read nml375's wall of text but you seem to be missing the handle var which is required for pubm binds.

I'd be suprised if your script worked as expected.