bind pub - * doesn't work

[boehmi]

I already have another problem

I want my bot to evaluate any string that is written to the channel with a procedure...
i used

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bind pub - * procedure
or
bind pub - "*" procedure

but he binds the string "*" to procedure and not the wildcard *

What's my mistake?

[raider2k]

use pubm for that

(6) PUBM (stackable)
bind pubm <flags> <mask> <proc>
procname <nick> <user@host> <handle> <channel> <text>

Description: just like MSGM, except it's triggered by things said
on a channel instead of things /msg'd to the bot. The mask is
matched against the channel name followed by the text and can
contain wildcards. Also, if a line triggers a PUB bind, it will not
trigger a PUBM bind.
Module: irc

[Fill]

Well I don't like using pub, so I'd suggest you to use pubm (public text matching)

If you want to bind all channels, you'd have this:

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bind pubm "* *" proc1

If you only want to bind in a specific chan, you must do it like this:

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bind pubm "#channel1 *" proc1

proc1 will hava to be called with the arguments nick uhost hand chan text

[nml375]

A suggestion when creating more complex patterns, use the % wildcard to match any channel instead of *.
The reason for this is that * matches 0 or more characters, including whitespaces, while % will match 1 word. The advantage of this usage becomes apparent when dealing with more complex patterns such as this:

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#We try to catch anything that starts with !hello world
bind pub "* !hello world*" pubm:hello
#Looks good eh? until we realize it will also trigger on "Blah !hello world", which we did not want!

bind pub "% !hello world*" pubm:hello
#Now, this works as intended. It'll only trigger when the text starts with "!hello world", not whenever it's anywhere in the text.

This could also be extended to only trigger in local channels (&channel) by using "&% !hello world*", and so on...