Commenting character also part of an operator

Melianor · Jul 17, 2005#12005-07-17T23:19+00:00

Hello,

In the language I'm using | is the comment character (till the end of the line) but || is the OR operator.

I've been trying to handle this by using:

Line Comment Preceding Chars = [~|]
Line Comment Num = 2|
Block Comment On = |*
Block Comment Off = *|

It's a cludgy workaround since technically "| " is not a comment. Everytime I just use | for the comment character, however, it ends up commenting out the rest of the OR operator and the rest of the line.

Anyone have any suggestions on how I fix this?

The basic rule is | is a comment till the end of the line except
|| which is the OR Operator

Thanks!

Mofi · Jul 18, 2005#22005-07-18T06:22+00:00

The definition looks correct. Have you also added | to the /Delimiters list?

Melianor · Jul 18, 2005#32005-07-18T11:41+00:00

Yes, and I put the || as an operator as well.

Here is the whole section of the Wordfile.txt

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/L11"Macroscript" Nocase Line Comment Preceding Chars = [~|] Line Comment = | Block Comment On = |* Block Comment Off = *| Escape Char = \ String Chars = "' File Extensions = MAC INC
/Delimiters = <>=~!@%^&()+{}[];"'    ,?|
/Function String = "%^([a-zA-Z_0-9^[^]*]+^)[ ^t]+([^p*&, ^t^[^]a-zA-Z_0-9.!]++)[~;]"
/Function String 1 = "%[a-zA-Z_0-9*]*::^([a-zA-Z_0-9^~]+^)[ ^t^p]++([^p*&, ^t^[^]/*=:&a-zA-Z_0-9./(!]++)[~;]"
/Function String 2 = "%[a-zA-Z_0-9^][a-zA-Z_0-9^[^]]+[ ^t*]+^([a-zA-Z_0-9]+^)[ ^t]++([^p*&, ^t^[^]a-zA-Z_0-9./(!]++)[~;]"
/Function String 3 = "%[a-zA-Z_0-9*&$^[^]*]+[ ^t]+[a-zA-Z_0-9*&$^[^]]+[ ^t*]+^([a-zA-Z_0-9]+^)[ ^t]++([^p*&, ^t^[^]a-zA-Z_0-9./(!]++)[~;]"
/Function String 4 = "%[a-z_0-9^[^]*]++ [a-z_0-9*^[^]]+[ ^t]++[a-z_0-9*^[^]]+[ ^t]++^([*a-z_0-9]+^)[ ^t]++([^p*&, ^t^[^]a-z_0-9./(!]++)[~;]"
/Function String 5 = "%^([a-zA-Z_0-9^[^]*]+^)[ ^t]++([^p*&, ^t^[^]a-zA-Z_0-9./()!]++)[~;]"
/Indent Strings = "{" ":"
/Unindent Strings = "}"
/C1"Commands"
// /alert /alias
// /breakin /banklist /beep /buyitem
// /call /cast /charinfo /click
// /declare /delay /destroy /doevents /doors /doortarget
// /echo /editmacro /endmacro
// /face /filter /finditem /for
// /goto
// /help
// /identify /if /ini /items /itemtarget
// /keepkeys
// /listmacros /loadspells /location /loginname /look
// /macro /mapfilter /maxfps /memspell /mouseclickl /mouseclickr /mouseto /mqlog /mqpause
// /press
// /return
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// /where /who /whofilter /whotarget /windowstate
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$banker
$char $combat $corpse $cos $count $cursor
$date $dec $defined $distance $door
$envopen $equip
$find $freeinv
$gamestate $getlasterror $getlastfindslot $gm $ground $group
$heading $hex
$id $if $ini $instr $int $invpanel $item
$lastcommand $lasttell $lcase $left $loginname
$macro $merchant $mid $mouse
$pack
$rand $return $right $running
$searchspawn $selecteditem $sin $spawn $spell $strlen
$tan $target $time
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$zone
/C3"EQ Commands"
// /adriver /afk /anon /assist /auction /autosplit /autoinventory /attack
// /book /bug
// /camp /cast /channel /charinfo /chatfontsize /consent /consider /corpse
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// /g /gems /getguildmotd /gsay /guilddelete /guildinvite /guildmotd /guildpeace /guildleader /guildremove /guildsay /guildstatus /guildwar
// /help /hidecorpses
// /ignore /inspect /invite /invwinlabels
// /language /lfg /log /loc /loot /lootnodrop
// /mcicontrol /mousespeed /msg
// /note
// /ooc
// /pet /petition /played
// /quit
// /random /reply /report /resetwindows /reverb /reversesound /roleplay
// /say /sdriver /serverfilter /shout /shownames /shownpcnames /showspelleffects /sit /split /stopsong /surname
// /tell /time /toggleinspect /trackfilter /trackplayers /tracksort
// /usecolor
// /vrdelay
// /who
// /yell
/C4"Array Index/Operators"
*
+
-
=
// /
%
&
>
<
==
!=
<=
>=
~~
!~
\
^
||
/C5"Macro Keywords"
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castradius casttime charm chest class clear color combine concolor corpse count cur
debug defaultheading defaultx defaulty defaultz distance done door down duration
ear1 ear2 else encumber enhanced enviro
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h hands head heading headingto held hotkey hp hslider
id increased inv item
left leggs level lfg light list loc local look lore
m macro magic main mana map master max merchant money mycasttime mycorpse myself
n name npc neck next noalert noarrays nodrop none nopcnear nopredict norent notid notimers novars npctrade nearalert notnearalert
off on open
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target timer to trigger type
up
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x
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** Event_
/C6"EQ Emotes"
// /Agree /Amaze /Apologize /Applaud
// /Bite /Bleed /Blink /Blush /Boggle /Bonk /Bored /Bow /Brb /Burp /Bye
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// /Eye
// /Fidget /Flex
// /Gasp /Giggle /Glare /Grin /Groan /Grovel
// /Happy /Hungry
// /Introduce
// /Jk
// /Kneel
// /Lost
// /Massage /Moan /Mourn
// /Nod /Nudge
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// /Raise /Ready /Roar /Rofl /Salute
// /Shiver /Shrug /Sigh /Smack /Smirk /Snarl /Snicker /Stare
// /Tap /Tease /Thank /Thirsty
// /Veto
// /Wave /Welcome /Whine /Whistle
// /Yawn
/C7"Functions"
** :
/C8"Pre-Processor"
#turbo
#define
#include
#event
#chat
/C9"Inventory Slots"
ammo arms
back
charm chest
face feet
hands head
leftear leftfinger leftwrist legs
mainhand
neck
offhand
ranged rightear rightfinger rightwrist
shoulder
waist
** bank bazaar enviro inspect loot merchant pack sharedbank trade
/C10"Spawn Filters"
alert any
bard beastlord ber berserker brd bst body
check checknext class cleric clr corpse
enc enchanter
dru druid
GUILD
gm group guild
id
knight
light lfg loc
mag magician mnk monk
named nearalert nec necromancer next noalert noguild nopcnear nopet notid notnearalert npc
pal paladin pc pet prev
ranger rng rog rogue
shd shm shaman shadow
timer trader trap trigger
untargetable
radius range
war warrior wiz wizard
zradius

Here's a simple snippet of what's wrong:

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|This is a comment that works correctly

/declare Hiya string outer |Comments work fine at the endof the line

|* Here is a comment block that works correctly *|

/if (This && That || theOther) { /echo Hi }

| The previous line on my installation has from || to the end of the line as a comment.

Mofi · Jul 18, 2005#42005-07-18T13:12+00:00

Your line comment is not what you wrote at your first post. Use

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/L20"Macroscript" Nocase Line Comment Preceding Chars = [~*|] Line Comment Num = 2|  Block Comment On = |* Block Comment Off = *| Escape Char = \ String Chars = "' File Extensions = MAC INC

Note the 2 spaces after Num = 2|.

You have to write always a space after |, if you want it as line comment. There is no workaround for it at the moment. Use a regular expression replace to quickly modify existing line comments without space after |.

Other mistakes:

The "words" == != <= >= ~~ !~ || in color group /C4 are useless. Because these characters are also delimiters, != for example is "word" ! and "word" =. So remove these combinations of delimiters and add a single ! and ~ to the group.

UltraEdit supports only 8 color groups. /C9 and /C10 are not interpreted by UE. You have to move these words to other color groups.