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Calum Not Yet a God Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 373 Location: england	Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:18 am    Post subject: Code: if ($msg =~ /^add (.*)/i) {<br />$msn->addcontact('$1');<br />&send($self,"I Have Added $1", "$username");<br />}<br /> that should work right?? trouble is it sends my bot offline but i get no errors any ideas where im going wrong?
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eric256 The Keymaker Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 2292 Location: Colorado	Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:28 am    Post subject: Single qoutes mean it will not turn $1 into the real value. So you are saying add user $1 not add a user whos name is stored in $1. To test the idea try makeing a small script and doing Code: my $test = "hello";<br />print '$test' . "\n";<br />print "$test\n";<br /> _________________ Eric256 Proud previous owner and current admin of Bot-depot.com
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Calum Not Yet a God Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 373 Location: england	Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:32 am    Post subject: ok so im testing the difference between '' and "" ? slightly strange way of learning i didnt try it yet btw eric but i have now thanks for teaching me
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Calum Not Yet a God Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 373 Location: england	Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 5:35 am    Post subject: ahh i see Quote: C:\Documents and Settings\calum\Desktop>perl test.pl $test hello so "" allows it to be a real value where as '' does not thanks so the code would need to be Code:  if ($msg =~ /^add (.*)/i) {<br />$msn->addcontact("$1");<br />&send($self,"I Have Added $1", "$username");<br />}
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