Question Snippet Help: Hemote

int parse_hemote(char *argument, char *vict_arg, char *room_arg); ACMD(do_hemote) { struct char_data *vict; char buf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; char buf1[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; char buf2[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; // Check for ch in character if (GET_LEVEL(ch) < LVL_GOD) { send_to_char(ch,"Hemotes cannot be done with Staff.\r\n"); return; } skip_spaces(&argument); if (!*argument) { send_to_char(ch,"Usage: hemote <target> <private emote> | <public emote>\r\n"); return; } half_chop(argument, buf1, argument); if (!(vict = get_char_vis(ch, buf1, NULL, FIND_CHAR_ROOM))) { send_to_char(ch,"There is no one here by that name."); return; } if (!(parse_hemote(argument, buf1, buf2))) { send_to_char(ch,"Usage: hemote <victim> <to-vict message> | <to-room message>\r\n"); return; } else { sprintf(buf, "$n %s", buf1); act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_VICT); // Send out the to_vict message act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_CHAR); // Send the to_vict also to char sprintf(buf, "$n %s", buf2); act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_NOTVICT); // Send out the to_room message } } /* from one_argument, pipe (|) delimited text */ int parse_hemote(char *argument, char *vict_arg, char *room_arg) { char *begin_vict = vict_arg; char *begin_room = room_arg; char *tester = argument; int found = 0; // Check to make sure this is really pipe delimited text for ( ; *tester; tester++) { if (*tester == '|') found = 1; } if (!found) return 0; // get the to_vict argument do { skip_spaces(&argument); if (!*argument) return 0; vict_arg = begin_vict; while (*argument && *argument != '|') { *(vict_arg++) = *argument; argument++; } argument++; *vict_arg = '\0'; } while (fill_word(begin_vict)); /* skip that pipe */ if (*argument == '|') argument++; //which it *should* at this point /* get the to_room argument */ do { skip_spaces(&argument); if (!*argument) return 0; room_arg = begin_room; while (*argument) { *(room_arg++) = *argument; argument++; } argument++; *room_arg = '\0'; } while (fill_word(begin_room)); return 1; }

hemote peace performs a hidden emote to Peacekeeper. | performs a public emote to the room. Ashver performs a hidden emote to Peacekeeper.

/* Splits pipe (|) delimited text into two strings to be send to chars */ int parse_hemote(char *argument, char *vict_arg, char *room_arg) { char *tester = argument; int found = 0; // Check to make sure this is really pipe delimited text for ( ; *tester; tester++) { if (*tester == '|') found = 1; } if (!found) return 0; skip_spaces(&argument); /* copying vict_arg */ while (*argument && *argument != '|') { *(vict_arg++) = *argument; argument++; } *vict_arg = '\0'; /* terminating is healthy! */ /* skip that pipe */ if (*argument == '|') argument++; //which it *should* at this point /* copying room_arg */ while (*argument) { *(room_arg++) = *argument; argument++; } *room_arg = '\0'; return 1; }

ACMD(do_hemote) { struct char_data *vict; char buf[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; char buf1[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; char buf2[MAX_STRING_LENGTH]; // Check for ch in character if (GET_LEVEL(ch) < LVL_GOD) { send_to_char(ch,"Hemotes cannot be done with Staff.\r\n"); return; } skip_spaces(&argument); if (!*argument) { send_to_char(ch,"Usage: hemote <target> <private emote> | <public emote>\r\n"); return; } half_chop(argument, buf1, argument); log("HALFCHOP: %s", argument); /* <--- added log here */ if (!(vict = get_char_vis(ch, buf1, NULL, FIND_CHAR_ROOM))) { send_to_char(ch,"There is no one here by that name."); return; } if (!(parse_hemote(argument, buf1, buf2))) { send_to_char(ch,"Usage: hemote <victim> <to-vict message> | <to-room message>\r\n"); return; } else { sprintf(buf, "$n %s", buf1); log("TOVICT: %s", buf); /* <--- added log here */ act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_VICT); // Send out the to_vict message act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_CHAR); // Send the to_vict also to char sprintf(buf, "$n %s", buf2); log("TO_NOTVICT: %s", buf); /* <--- added log here */ act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, vict, TO_NOTVICT); // Send out the to_room message } }

/* Return first space-delimited token in arg1; remainder of string in arg2. * NOTE: Requires sizeof(arg2) >= sizeof(string) */ void half_chop(char *string, char *arg1, char *arg2) { char *temp; temp = any_one_arg(string, arg1); skip_spaces(&temp); //strcpy(arg2, temp); /* strcpy: OK (documentation) */ //for some reason strcpy messed up the arg2 string int i; for (i = 0; i < strlen(temp); i++) { arg2[i] = temp[i]; } arg2[i] = '\0'; }