string query_multiple_short(mixed *obs) {
int i, j, k;
string *str;
mixed *bity;
bity = ({ });
for (i=0;i<sizeof(obs);i++) {
if (!stringp(obs[i])) {
if (!pointerp(obs[i])) /* like a string. First bit is the string.
* second the object */
{
if(objectp(obs[i]))
str = (string *)obs[i]->pretty_short();
}
else {
str = obs[i][0];
obs[i] = obs[i][1];
}
} else
str = obs[i];
if (!str) /* ignore invis objects */
continue;
if (stringp(str))
str = ({ str });
for (j=0;j<sizeof(str);j++)
if ((k=member_array(str[j], bity)) == -1)
bity += ({ str[j], ({ obs[i] }) });
else
bity[k+1] = ({ obs[i] })+bity[k+1];
}
str = ({ });
for (i=0;i<sizeof(bity);i+=2) {
j = sizeof(bity[i+1]);
if (stringp(bity[i+1][0]))
if (j==1)
str += ({ bity[i] });
else
str += ({ (query_num(j,20)+
" "+pluralize(bity[i])) });
else if (j == 1)
if (bity[i+1][0]->query_property("determinate"))
str += ({ bity[i+1][0]->query_property("determinate")+bity[i] });
else
str += ({ add_a(bity[i]) });
else
str += ({ (query_num(j,20)+
" "+bity[i+1][0]->pretty_plural(bity[i])) });
}
if (!sizeof(str))
return "";
if (sizeof(str) == 1)
return str[0];
return implode(str[0..sizeof(str)-2],", ")+" and "+str[sizeof(str)-1];
}