parenmatch()

parenmatch([<object>/]<attribute>[, <type>[, <key>[, <spacing>]]])

Returns an attribute’s text with its brackets, parentheses and braces coloured as parenstr() colours them, the first mismatch in bold red. <object> is me when left out, and the attribute is read as get() reads it.

A <type> of 1 colours only the mismatch.
<key> is accepted for RhostMUSH code and changes nothing.
<spacing> adds spaces up to the mismatch: s after , and ; and around =, p inside parentheses, b inside brackets and B inside braces.

parenmatch() comes from RhostMUSH.

> &check me=[add(1,2))]
> think parenmatch(check,,,bps)
[ add( 1, 2 ) )]

Output: the code spaced out; the second ) is red.

::: seealso

parenstr()
syntaxdiagnostics() :::