process_value(3)      LPC Library Functions      process_value(3)

NAME
     process_value() - give a value  from  a  described  function
     call

SYNOPSIS
     mixed process_value( string calldescription );

DESCRIPTION
     Get the replacement of one syntactic pattern. The pattern is
     on the form:

             "function[:filename][|arg1|arg2....|argN]"

     The returned value can be of any type.

     Note that both object and arguments are marked optional with
     the  brackets  and that the brackets are not included in the
     actual pattern.

SEE ALSO
     process_string(3)

CAVEAT
     This is usually used to support 'value by function call'  in
     the  mudlib.   It is wise to set the effuserid of the object
     to 0 before using  process_value  as  any  function  in  any
     object can be called with almost any arguments.

MudOS                Last change: 5 Sep 1994                    1