lib-mesg

A message is a set of elements with a count and an information string, stored in properties.

Below:

base is a string containing the name of the message.
itemnum is the number of an item within a message.
itemstr is a single item's string.
infostr is the messages information string.
{strrange} is a string range that is all the elements of the message with an integer count.

MSG-destroy	base dbref --	Clears and removes the message.
MSG-create	{strrange} infostr base dbref --	Create a new message with the given items and info string on the given object with the given name.
MSG-count	base dbref -- count	Returns how many items are in the given message.
MSG-info	base dbref -- infostr	Returns the information string for the given message.
MSG-setinfo	infostr base dbref --	Sets the information string on an existing message.
MSG-message	base dbref -- {strrange}	Returns the items of a message as a range on the stack.
MSG-item	itemnum base dbref -- itemstr	Returns the given message item from the message.
MSG-setitem	itemstr itemnum base dbref --	Sets the specified message item to the given string.
MSG-insitem	itemstr itemnum base dbref --	Inserts a new message item into the message at the given point.
MSG-append	itemstr base dbref --	Appends a message item to the given message.
MSG-delitem	itemnum base dbref --	Deletes the specified message item from the given message.

Message data type:

Base# --> Count of Message Items
Base#/X --> Message Items
Base#/i --> Info String

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lib-mesg / Revised 2004 March 31 22:06 (Wednesday)
© 2004 Iain E. Davis

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