<HEAD> <TITLE> receive - displays a message to the current object </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND=http://www.imaginary.com/~beek/gifs/bg.jpg TEXT=#000000 ALINK=#FFFF00 VLINK=#550000 LINK=#000099> <center> <H1> receive - displays a message to the current object </H1> </center> <p> <b> int receive( string message ); </b> <p> This efun is an interface to the add_message() function in the driver. Its purpose is to display a message to the current object. It returns 1 if the current object is interactive, 0 otherwise. Often, receive() is called from within catch_tell() or receive_message(). <p> See also: <A HREF=../../applies/interactive/catch_tell.html> catch_tell </A>, <A HREF=../../applies/interactive/receive_message.html> receive_message </A>, <A HREF=message.html> message </A> <p> <HR> <ADDRESS> <A HREF=http://wagner.princeton.edu/~tim> Tim Hollebeek </A> <p> <A HREF="http://www.imaginary.com/~beek/"> Beek </A>@ZorkMUD, Lima Bean, IdeaExchange, TMI-2, and elsewhere </ADDRESS>