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- Synopsis:
- $userhost([<nickname>])
-
- Technical:
- Without arguments, this function returns the address of the sending client
- of any message received by the client. It only works in hooks, and only when
- the event hooked originated from another client on the irc network.
-
- When <nickname> is specified, $userhost() will return the user@host of
- the nickname *IF IT IS KNOWN*, else it will give you "<UNKNOWN>@<UNKNOWN>".
- A user@host will only be known to the client if you are on the same channel
- as <nickname>.
-
- Practical:
- This function is useful for named hooks that do not dump the sender's
- address into its standard argument list. It also can return the user@host of
- a different person (who didn't trigger the hook), as long as they're in a
- common channel with the client. This saves valuable time, since $userhost()
- does not query the server.
-
- Returns:
- address of message sender when used with no arguments, or user@host of
- <nickname> if they are in a common channel with the client.
-
- Examples:
- To show someone's address when they leave a channel:
- on ^leave "*" {
- echo *** $0 \($userhost()\) left channel $1
- }
-
- To show another person's address on demand (must be in same channel):
- eval echo Nuke!$userhost(Nuke) writes terrible help files.
-
- See Also:
- lastserver(6); who(2); userhost(2).
-
- Other Notes:
- When returning a user@host, this function does not query the server.
- Instead, it checks an internal list of users.
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