[mIRC] Question about using same code across script files
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Zigress · 2016-08-09 22:54

Hello!

Is it possible to use a command or code across different script files
(such as .ini)?

For example, if I have a !test command, is it possible to use that
command on a different, locally stored script file instead of copy
pasting the entire code?

Is alias what I'm looking for?

Thank you in advance.

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jumpking · 2016-08-09 23:15

You can reuse code across separate files loaded into mIRC, yes.

There are some exceptions (such as making an alias local with the -l
switch), but most things will function on a global scale.

Variables can also be made global or local.

http://en.wikichip.org/wiki/mirc/aliases#Local_Aliases
http://en.wikichip.org/wiki/mirc/variables

If you're having issues with something specific feel free to ask. I'm
not sure how many other people that browse /r/irc are familiar with
mirc script, but I'll certainly help if I can and when I'm at my
computer.

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Zigress · 2016-08-09 23:44

Thanks!

So lets say I have two script files in remote. One is called "Master
Script" and the second one is called "Command." The command script
executes a rather long command, but instead of copying all that code
into the "Master Script" file, I want to create an public alias for
it.

This is what I did:

alias command {
[all the code here]
}

How do I call this alias in the other script? Sorry, I'm not too
experienced with aliases.

Thank you in advance. You have been a huge help.

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jumpking · 2016-08-10 00:27

You can call it simply by writing the name of the alias on a line in
your script. I'll show you some examples:

    alias test123 {
      echo -ac info * The test123 alias has been called.
    }

    alias happy {
      ; This alias was mostly written to function as an identifier, to
be called with
      ; like this: $happy .. depending on the result of $rand stored
in %x it'll either
      ; return $true or $false. You can test it like this, in an mIRC
window type:
      ; //echo -a $happy a few times and you should see both results
eventually.
      var %x = $rand(0,1)
      if (%x == 0) { return $false }
      else { return $true }
    }

    alias foo {
      ; The test123 command below will run the 'test123' alias you see
above.
      ; The code in the test123 alias (the echo statement) will be the
output you
      ; see inside mIRC when using the /foo alias since it's listed
first.
      test123

      ; Then just for example sake I've used an echo to show that code
inside this
      ; alias also gets called.
      echo -ac info * The foo alias has been called.

      ; Here is the 'happy' alias being used as an identifer instead
of a command.
      if ($happy) {
        echo -ac ctcp * SMILE!
      }
      else {
        echo -ac ctcp * FROWN!
      }
    }

The first thing to note here is that all 3 of these aliases can be
placed in any Remote script thats loaded into mIRC. They can be put in
3 separate files, 2 in one file and 1 in another file, or all 3 in one
file.

They'll all function the same as long as there aren't any naming
conflicts. (E.g. you shouldn't have an alias called "happy" in 2
different places, it should only exist once, to keep things simple.)


If you type */foo* in a window in mIRC with these 3 scripts loaded,
your output will look something like this (with the last line being
SMILE! or FROWN! depending on the logic in the happy alias):

    * The test123 alias has been called.
    * The foo alias has been called.
    * SMILE!

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Zigress · 2016-08-10 00:36

Oh, ok. Understand this much, much better now. Thank you, again.
Btw, PM-ed you, check whenever you can.
Cheers.