/* ** Just a simple function I came up with to return the length of a string ** that contains MXP/HTML tags. Based on the col_strlen function. ** ** My only request for using it is to leave the comment that with my name. */ Add the following line in one of your headers (proto.h, merc.h, mud.h or which ever you use): void mxp_strlen args( ( char *txt ) ); ----- Add the following function to one of your C files: /* ** Mxp_strlen by Jindrak (jindrak@gmail.com) */ int mxp_strlen( char *txt ) { int pos = 0, len = 0; while(txt[pos] != NUL) { switch(txt[pos]) { default: pos++; break; case '<': while(txt[pos++] != '>') ; len--; break; } len++; } return( len ); }