.\"give a value from a described function call .TH process_value 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions" .SH NAME process_value() - give a value from a described function call .SH SYNOPSIS mixed process_value( string calldescription ); .SH DESCRIPTION Get the replacement of one syntactic pattern. The pattern is on the form: .IP "function[:filename][|arg1|arg2....|argN]" .PP The returned value can be of any type. .PP Note that both object and arguments are marked optional with the brackets and that the brackets are not included in the actual pattern. .SH SEE ALSO process_string(3) .SH 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.