Action Lists

An “action list” is simply a list of MUSH commands which are run together, one after the other. Each command in the list is separated by a semicolon. Action lists appear in many places: in user-defined commands, triggered in @a-attributes by the MUSH, and even as arguments to other commands, like @switch and @dolist.

If part of the command (such as the text in an @emit, for example) contains a semi-colon, you may need to enclose that part in curly braces {}. You can also nest action lists inside each other by enclosing each action list in braces {}.

Substitution will be performed on the contents of action lists before they are executed.

Separating two commands with ;| instead of ; passes what the first one shows you to the second: see piping.

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@-ATTRIBUTES
verbs
[$-commands]
piping :::

Action list examples

Example 1:

    > @asuccess Gift=@pemit %#={The box pops open; surprise!} ; @name me=New Toy ; @desc me=A shiny new toy, just for %n!
    > take gift
    The box pops open; surprise!
    > look new toy
    New Toy
    A shiny new toy, just for Cyclonus!

Example 2:

    > &TEST me=$test:@emit {Testing; testing; one, two.} ; @dolist 1 2 3={think Test %i0, success.}
    > test
    Testing; testing; one, two.
    Test 1, success.
    Test 2, success.
    Test 3, success.

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