Subj : parsing example
To   : Hax0r
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Sep 06 2000 11:08 am

RE: parsing example
BY: Hax0r to Digital Man on Wed Sep 06 2000 07:52 pm

>
>  > @-codes are expanded during printing only. Consider using one of the glob
>  > variables (listed in SBBSDEFS.INC) or a command-line specifier (listed in
>  > Appendix A of SYSOP.DOC) instead.
>
> Actually, i'm working on something similar -- I'd like to do a compare again
> @GRP and @SN but i havent seen any global vars or command line specifiers
> that report back this info -- is there anyway to get it in for a compare?

You can use COMPARE_ARS to determine the current group/sub-board.

> basically I'm looking to have my main menu prompt either display the short o
> the long description of the current msg board based on the group its in.
>
> should be relatively easy to accomplish this, one i figure out how to get th
> info into my code ;)

Yes, I think COMPARE_ARS is what you're looking for.

Rob

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