@verb

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here is a description of the arguments to @verb:

victim - the object that is searched for attributes, and which runs the attribute if it is found.

actor - the object that 'did' the verb, this is the value for %#/%n/etc in substitutions, and this object's name is included in the message to others in the same location.

what - the name of the attribute containing the message to be delivered to the actor.

whatd - the message to deliver to the actor if the victim does not have a attribute, or if it cannot be read.

owhat - the name of the attribute containing the message that is sent to everyone in the room with the actor. the message is prefixed by the actor's name unless no_name flag is present on the attribute.

owhatd - the message to deliver to others in the room with the actor if the victim does not have an attribute, or it cannot be read. the message is prefixed by the actor's name unless /no_name switch is specified.

awhat - the name of the attribute that is to be executed by the victim.

args - the comma-separated arguments to be passed for substitution (%0-%9). if there is more than one argument, enclose all the arguments within curly braces. any argument that contains an embedded comma needs to be enclosed in curly braces as well.

{ 'help @verb3' for more }

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examples:

&xtest test1=you just xtested test1. &oxtest test1=just xtested test1. &axtest test1="i was xtested. yikes. arg1=%0, arg2=%1, arg3=%2. @verb test1=me,xtest,xtest dflt,oxtest,oxtest dflt,axtest,{a,b c,de} you just xtested test1. test1 says "i was xtested. yikes. arg1=a, arg2=b c, arg3=de." &xtest test1 @verb test1=me,xtest,xtest dflt,oxtest,oxtest dflt,axtest,{a,b c,de} xtest dflt test1 says "i was xtested. yikes. arg1=a, arg2=b c, arg3=de." @fo test1={@verb test1=me,xtest,xtest d,oxtest,oxtest d,axtest,{a,b,de}} test1 just xtested test1. test1 says "i was xtested. yikes. arg1=a, arg2=b, arg3=de."

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