[ichthys]

Mattie: ATM its not possible to use es_format within an alias because the " "'s throw off the alias'ing. Would it be possible to be able to use another char to mark the beginning and end of the string?

[Cr3V3TT3]

dont put "" for the alias will resolve this maybe

alias myformat es_format myvar "this is a %1" server_var(myvar2);

[Mattie]

Originally Posted by ichthys Mattie: ATM its not possible to use es_format within an alias because the " "'s throw off the alias'ing. Would it be possible to be able to use another char to mark the beginning and end of the string?

Sorry-- I don't think there's going to be an easy way to do this. I do it by using a variable for the format string like this:

// EventScripts v0.7.7
es_setinfo formatstring "Gravity is %1"
es_setinfo var 0
alias myformat es_format var server_var(formatstring) server_var(sv_gravity)

This still isn't going to be the best workaround for all situations. Still, this would be the sole exception to me going using Valve's automatic token parser. I really would like to keep the format string as a single token and quotes are the only way to be certain of that.

-Mattie

[ichthys]

Well i've got it to work for now. But only when the es_Format string has no spaces. I want it for a line of commands not just one es_Format.
I've dont it like this.

alias sub1 es_format user "%1" server_var(user)
alias alias "sub1; es_tell server_var(user) asdfasdfasdf"

When i checked my alias's there are no quotes around %1.

[Mattie]

Originally Posted by ichthys Well i've got it to work for now. But only when the es_Format string has no spaces. I want it for a line of commands not just one es_Format. I've dont it like this. alias sub1 es_format user "%1" server_var(user) alias alias "sub1; es_tell server_var(user) asdfasdfasdf" When i checked my alias's there are no quotes around %1.

Yeah, it needs to be a single 'token', and if there's no spaces it will be treated as such. To create a single token with a string with spaces, you have to have quotes.

-Mattie