Yes apparently, Scott. But Merbo resurrected it, probably when he conducted a snippet search and couldn't help but make a comment. Then before we knew it, one thing led to another...

Did you guys notice this script was posted back in 2007?

Merbo wrote:> $$?="Reason:" means it is allowed to be $null. An extra $ allows any identifier to be null.Did you make that up by yourself? You have 'em confused the other way around.

Without the extra $, it'd be $null if no value is supplied upon trigger as jaytea has demonstrated. You should use the $$?

If you want to use the single dollar sign, you ABSOLUTELY must make sure the value is specified upon the trigger of popup command prompt. Otherwise once you click ok, it'll return $null.

jaytea, I just noticed I had it that way. I need to get my facts straight XD

this is good

Merbo, you have it roughly backwards. the extra '$' will, if no value is returned, make mIRC abruptly end execution of the current routine without returning to the caller (it is precisely an implicit /halt without the side effect of /haltdef):

//echo -a * $?="Reason:" | echo -a next line

vs.

//echo -a * $$?="Reason:" | echo -a next line

the second will not proceed with the next echo if 'Cancel' is clicked.

You know, you can make it NOT specify a reason. Kicks don't need reasons. In scripting, when you have something like $?="Reason:" It will force a reason. However, $$?="Reason:" means it is allowed to be $null. An extra $ allows any identifier to be null.