this was a script i used, and Tom- on Swiftirc did for me. exactly the same regex line in the event.

ty jethro for that information as im sure you noticed im pretty new to doing any regex haha. so i was not away of that

What a debate lol Ty again for the snippets :)

Venom, by using on text regex like you've done, you can drop the parentheses...and you have to know that only $1 will get control codes stripped. $1 equals to $regml(1).

i dont remember who originally did it i found it here but i edited it

on $*:TEXT:/^(brb|gone|afk|bbiab|bbiac|bbiaf|bbl)/Si:#:{
  if (!$readini(away.ini, $nick, time)) && (!$2) {
    set %away $nick
    writeini away.ini $nick time $ctime
    writeini away.ini $nick Reason no reason
    msg $chan $nick is now away
  }
  elseif ($readini(away.ini, $nick, time) >= 1) {
    msg $chan $nick $+ ,your already on brb to return please say back
  }
  else { if (!$readini(away.ini, $nick, time)) && ($2) {
      set %away $nick
      writeini away.ini $nick time $ctime
      writeini away.ini $nick Reason $2-
      msg $chan $nick is now away
    }
    elseif ($readini(away.ini, $nick, time) >= 1) {
      msg $chan $nick $+ ,your already on brb to return please say back
    }
  }
}
on $*:TEXT:/^(back)/Si:#:{
  if ($readini(away.ini, $nick, time) >= 1) {
    unset %away
    msg $chan Welcome back $nick you were gone for $duration($calc($ctime -$readini(away.ini, $nick, time) ))  away reason Reason $readini(away.ini, $nick, Reason)
    remini away.ini $nick
  }
}
on $*:TEXT:/^(!clearaway)/Si:#:{
  if (!$2) { msg $chan you must give a nick for the info to be deleted
  }
  else { 
    unset %away
    remini away.ini $2
    msg $chan $2 $+ 's away info has been deleted
  }
}
On *:TEXT:*:#: {
  if (%away isin $1-) {
    msg $chan hello $nick %away is away right now reason $readini(away.ini, $nick, Reason)
  }
}

true but meh im just saying some people forget haha. i have one of someones that i edited to suit my mood more added some stuff an such and half the time i forget to say back

then there would be no point in saying back at all =P

i mean lets say someone is away but forgets about the bot when they start talking it would auto bring them back soooo like

on *:TEXT:*:#:{
 if ($readini(brbonoff.ini,$nick,brb) == on) {
      msg $chan » $nick is back from: $readini(brb.ini,$nick,Brb) $+ . «
      remini brb.ini $nick Brb
      writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb off
    }
  } 
}

Venom, that doesn't seem like a good idea. If you may elaborate, make your point more clearly.

or an on text where if the persons == the away person it auto says they are back

Oh yeah there is a probability that he or she will never say back...lol

But it's an easy fix to include a part, quit event to unset the variables! I don't reckon the departed people will come back and say back again...that just doesn't make sense.

Last but not least, change $nick to $wildsite in case he or she changes their nickname.

yes to keep it simple as so the author can understand you can do as an example:
I still wouldn't go with global vars cuz you will tend to get people setting them selvs brb an never saying back then you will have unwanted global vars

on *:TEXT:*:#:{
  tokenize 32 $strip($1-)
  if (!$($+(%,f,$wildsite),2)) { inc -u4 $+(%,f,$wildsite)
    if ($1 = brb) {
      if ($readini(brbonoff.ini,$nick,brb)) { 
        .notice $nick you are already set as brb 
      }
      else {
        writeini brb.ini $nick Brb $iif(!$2,none,$2-)
        writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb on
        msg # » $nick will be right back. Reason: $iif(!$2,none,$2-) «
      }
    }
    if ($1 = back) {
      if ($readini(brbonoff.ini,$nick,brb)) { 
        msg # » $nick is back from: $readini(brb.ini,$nick,Brb) $+ . «
        remini brb.ini $nick Brb
        remini brbonoff.ini $nick brb on
      }
    }
  }
}

blackvenomm666, the use of

Reason: $iif($2,$2-,none.) 

eliminates the else condition.

<<doesnt even understand jethro_'s

on *:TEXT:*:#:{
  tokenize 32 $strip($1-)
  if ($1 == brb) {
    if ($2 == $null) {
      writeini brb.ini $nick Brb none
      writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb on
      msg $chan » $nick will be right back. Reason: none. «
    }
    else {
      writeini brb.ini $nick Brb $2-
      writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb on
      msg $chan » $nick will be right back. Reason: $2- $+ . «
    }
  }
  if  ($1 == back) {
    if ($readini(brbonoff.ini,$nick,brb) == off) { HALT }
    elseif ($readini(brbonoff.ini,$nick,brb) == on) {
      msg $chan » $nick is back from: $readini(brb.ini,$nick,Brb) $+ . «
      remini brb.ini $nick Brb
      writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb off
    }
  } 
}

Well ok, for starters, this:> if ($2 == $null) {
writeini brb.ini $nick Brb none
writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb on
msg $chan » $nick will be right back. Reason: none. «
}
else {
writeini brb.ini $nick Brb $2-
writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb on
msg $chan » $nick will be right back. Reason: $2- $+ . «
}
}can just be:

writeini brb.ini $nick Brb none
    writeini brbonoff.ini $nick brb on
    msg $chan » $nick will be right back. Reason: $iif($2,$2-,none.) «
  }

This is the crucial part that needs correcting to get rid of the redundancy.

lol napa, I didn't expect them to, but it's served as a demonstration for those who can have a grasp at it. I love to get feedback from people from all walks of life.

lol Jethro_ like they are going to understand that....
maybe keep it simple for them to understand what you did.

Well, that is a waste of INI for a simple task like this. This script should have used a local variable, and that's more than enough. Here is my version:

on !*:quit:{
  var %c = 1
  while ($comchan($nick,%c)) {
    if (,$+(%,$wildsite,..,$network,..,$v1)) {
      unset $v1
      inc %c
    }
  }
}
on !*:part:#: if (,$+(%,$wildsite,..,$network,..,#)) unset $v1
on $*:text:/^b(rb|ack)( |$)/iS:#:{
  var %b = tokenize 32 $!($+(%,$wildsite,..,$network,..,#),2)
  if ([ [ %b ] ]) { | if ($regml(1) == rb) {
      set $+(%,$wildsite,..,$network,..,#) $nick $iif($2,$2-,None.)
      [ [ %b ] ] | .msg # » $1 will be right $&
        back. Reason: $2- « | return
    }
    [ [ %b ] ] | .msg # » $1 is back from: $2- $+ . « 
    unset $+(%,$wildsite,..,$network,..,#)
  }
}