SBSL User Variables

SBSL supports two types of variables:

• pre-defined variables: the ones which come automatically with SBSL Events,
• user variables: the ones discussed in this section.

User variables

User variables are script-wide variables which hold their values for unlimited time. Here's the short example of SBSL code:

# Define user variables
var $my_counter
var $last_contact
 
chat_message {
  # increase the counter
  $my_counter++
  set $last_contact $speaker_name
 
  # report to the owner
  im Glaznah Gassner Chat messages received so far: $my_counter, last message by $last_contact
}

Definition

Each user variable much be defined before usage. The variable is being defined above all events using the var keyword.

var $my_counter

Setting the value

There are two ways to set the variable value:

1. increment: ++ operator.
   This operation increases the variable by 1. If variable value was not a number, this converts it to number 1.
2. set to specific value: set keyword.
   You can use the pre-defined and user variables to compose the resulting value.

$my_counter++
set $last_contact $speaker_name

Using the variable

The user variable can be used as any other system variable within a command:

im Glaznah Gassner Chat messages received so far: $my_counter, last message by $last_contact

Variable life time

The variable value is being stored forever, despite of bot restarts, expirations or other factors.