ARTICLE(2) SYSTEM CALLS ARTICLE(2) NAME article - "simul_efun to return 'a' or 'an', according to passed string SYNOPSIS string article(string str); DESCRIPTION This simul_efun examines the first character of string str and sees if it is a vowel. If it is, article returns the string "an", otherwise it returns the string "a". Example (from _look.c): string reg; string race ; /* ... */ reg = ob->query("long"); race = ob->query("race") ; if(!reg) reg = ""; if (race) reg += (string)ob->query("cap_name") + " is " + article(race) + " " + race + ".0 ; /* ... */ AUTHOR Ichabod@TMI, 1/18/93 MudOS Release 0.9 Last change: 3-19-93