Jethro commented on a Page, On Join Actions - Mar 14, 2010

Well, to me, having a string within the match section of a regex and then using the $regml(1) to reference it is no different than using a regular on text event with the $1:> on $*:TEXT:/^.(welcome)$/iS:#: {
if ($regml(1) == welcome) {
Versus:

on *:TEXT:*:#: {
 if ($strip($1) == .welcome) {

are the exact same things.

And both can also be combined to do the same task:

on $*:TEXT:/^[.]\w+$/iS:#: {
  if ($1 == .welcome) {
}

But it sort of defeats the purpose of regex.

I guess we're each our own when it comes to MSL.

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