On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Admin of The Keep wrote:
> > const char *arrive_dirs[] =
> > {
> >   "the south",
> >   "the west",
> >   "the north",
> >   "the east",
> >   "below",
> >   "above",
> >   "\n"
> > };
> > 
> How is this better?  Isn't the same thing accomplished with
> sprintf?
> 
>   sprintf(buf, "$n has arrived from %s%s.", 
> 	  (door <= EAST ? "the " : ""),
> 	  dirs[rev_dir[door]]);
Joe has arrived from up.
Joe has arrived from above.
I didnt mean the word "the" was the problem, its the up/down vs. above/below.
Thats why you need the new array.
-Sky
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