Scripting Guidance

[Mykel]

Okay, so I've recently taken up an interest in scripting. So far all I am doing is looking at scripts and trying to understand them, and then editing them in some other way to try new things. I could use your help some. If someone could please explain the following script in the most basic of terms possible, it'd be greatly appreciated.

NPC Code:

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if (playerchats && strequals(#a,Mykel)) {

  if (startswith(/skin,#c)) {

    setcharprop #C0,#T(#e(6,-1,#c));

  }

}

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I understand the part about it having to be my account, and it starting with /skin and then the color, but I don't understand how the

NPC Code:

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setcharprop #C0,#T(#e(6,-1,#c));

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makes it all work. Thank you for your help.

[LilNiglet]

NPC Code:

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setcharprop #C0,#T(#e(6,-1,#c));

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setcharprop - sets THIS npc's property
#C0 - property for skin color
#T(string) - trims spaces off start and end of string, not needed here
#e(startindex,stopindex,string) - takes a slice of a string from startindex to stopindex. 6 is determined by counting characters (including spaces!), so it'd be / = 1, s = 2, k = 3, and so on. remember, spaces count. -1 means to not take a stopindex, but use the end of the string as the terminator. #c is the player's chat string.

[SyLaTAC]

wow...even that helped me thx

[Lance]

If you want that #T to work properly, the #e should start counting at position 5, not 6.

It starts from zero, Tupper.