unterminated text expression

ID:141562
 
Jan 22 2009, 6:01 pm
Code:
/mob/verb/ThisIsATest(T as text)
    var/l = findtext(T,"[")
    var/p = copytext(l,l+26)
    world << p


Problem description:

I want to find "[##] [##] [##] [##] [##] [##]" in a block of text. But i get this error:


unterminated text expression (expecting ])

Thanks in advance, Lcooper.
Jan 22 2009, 6:05 pm
[ is used in the DM compiler and that is why you're getting that error. What you need to do is put "\[" to signify you are just typing a bracket, not have an opening bracket for the compiler to use.
Jan 22 2009, 7:05 pm
In response to AJX
k thanks
my msg is short cuz im on my psp
Jan 23 2009, 2:39 pm
In response to AJX
It didnt work.
Jan 23 2009, 4:06 pm
In response to Lcooper
What he means is:
findtext(blah,"\[") //Notice how the bracket is not dark.