From: "Peter d" <death_comes_to_all@HOTMAIL.COM>
<snip>
> if (argument != "lorkhan"){
> send_to_char(ch, "Bribe who?\r\n");
> } else if (argument == "lorkhan"){
<snip>
> can anyone see what the problem might be?
>
You're comparing strings the wrong way[1].
To compare strings, use the str_cmp() function:
skip_spaces(&argument);
if (str_cmp(argument, "lorkhan")) {
send_to_char(ch, "Bribe who?\r\n");
} else {...
or you might consider using abbreviations:
skip_spaces(&argument);
if (!is_abbrev(argument, "lorkhan")) {
send_to_char(ch, "Bribe who?\r\n");
} else {...
> and another question, i have been away for a month, and i was hoping to
see
> dg for bpl21 on the ftp.. when will it be
http://www.circlemud.org/pub/CircleMUD/contrib/scripting/
Welcor
[1] This is very much a newbie error. The statement
'if (argument == "lorkhan")' means literally:
'if the memory position pointed to by the pointer ´argument´ is
the same as the memory position of the first character in the
constant string "lorkhan"', which isn't what you meant to check.
Since C is a quite lowlevel language, this functionality is needed
sometimes, when dealing with pointers.
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