I'm trying to write REXX scripts for ZOC again after so many years of being away. It's slowly coming back to me, but one issue I'm having is this:

What's the line for a script to grab the current sector that the player is in and use that information in the script? There are many ways to get sector info such as sending "/" or "I".

Using that line (or lines) as a template, I can continue writing my scripts.

Thanks

given the line "Command [TL=00:00:00]:[1234] (?=Help)? :", here is a start:



the above will give you sector = "1234]" because zoclastline() gives you everything from the current line or the latest zocwait. the following code is an improvement because it strips out the "]".



the above will give you sector = "1234". you can refine more by handling the return values from the zocwait calls. zocwait will return the number 640 on a timeout. you can define the timeout period in seconds with the zoctimeout function.

Thanks, Rev. Much appreciated.

I don't get that line from the Citadel prompt. So what's my option here?

/, I, S or qdc

You can also activate your computer from the citadel prompt and parse it from the computer prompt:

Computer command [TL=11:32:11]:[466] (?=Help)? ?

Thanks, Scrat...i'll give it a shot.