Text Censor

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Jan 9 2011, 8:20 am
Hello Byond Programmers. I have a question that will hopefully be easy to answer.
I'd like to implement a text censor for cuss words in a text MUD i'm coding. I understand the find text concept
    verb
        say(msg as text)
            usr << "You say, '[msg]'"
            oview() << "[usr] says, '[msg]'"
            if (findtext(msg, "fart"))
                usr << "Hahaha you said fart."


But how do I get this to take the msg and censor out the word with *****
Jan 9 2011, 8:39 am
Read this lib, it should give you a good idea on how to use copytext() and findtext for what you're trying to do.
Jan 9 2011, 1:04 pm
In response to AntioneKenero
Or fetch Deadron's TextHandling library and make use of the dd_replacetext() and dd_replaceText() procs.
Jan 9 2011, 5:33 pm
I made myself a nice little censor that works about 99%...I was thinking about releasing it in the PopLava Resource Center...maybe this is some reason that I should.