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tell_object

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tell_object

Name

tell_object() - send a message to an object

Synopsis

void tell_object( object ob, string str );
void tell_object( object ob, string str, string language );
void tell_object( object ob, string* str, string language );

Description

Send a message `str' to object `ob'. If it is an interactive object (a player), then the message will go to him, otherwise it will go to the local function catch_tell().

If the language is specified then the string passed in can be an array, the first element being the start bit and the second bit being the message to mangle.

See also

write(), shout(), say(), tell_room(), catch_tell()