In cMUD 2.37 without anything in my hands #ECHO %gsl(m) returns the word "Empty" it has a #ECHO %numwords(%gsl(m)) of 1 word. Makes sense. However, when I get an "apple short bow" in my right hand, it has a #ECHO %gsl(m) of "an apple [there are 5 spaces here] short [there are six spaces here] bow" and a %numwords(%gsl(m)) of 12, despite the fact that there are only 4 words there. Though an issue, before it wasn't noticeable because I was only interested in the last word #ECHO %word(%gsl(m),%numwords(%gsl(m))) would return "bow"

In cMUD 3.22a without anything in my hands #ECHO %gsl(m) returns the word "Empty" it has a #ECHO %numwords(%gsl(m)) of 20 words, I'll assume there are some trailing spaces. Doesn't make sense, when I get an "apple short bow" in my right hand, it has a #ECHO %gsl(m) of "an apple [4 spaces here] short [7 spaces here] bow [5 spaces here]" and a %numwords(%gsl(m)) of 16, again only 4 real words here. This ends up being a major issue, as I am only interested in the last word, which is now a blank. #ECHO %word(%gsl(m),%numwords(%gsl(m))-4) seems to be "bow," I don't know what is going on, if someone could look at how %gsl(m) and %gsl(l) are being processed and sent, it would be very helpful, thanks.

Figured out a way around it made a function called GSLFixer($hand) with code:

---

hand=%replace($hand," ","|")
#FORALL (@hand)
{
#IF (%i = "")
{
//#ECHO Nothing here
hand = %delitem("",@hand)
}
//#ECHO %i
}
hand=%replace(@hand,"|"," ")
#RETURN (@hand)

---

so I can do: rthand = @GSLFixer(%gsl(m)), and everything will appear with the correct spacing and word count. Turns out that earlier versions of CMUD were not getting the spacing right either, but they just didn't add extra spaces after the last word. 3.22a does, which broke my %word(@rthand,%numwords(@rthand)) and essentially all my scripts. There is more detail on it at http://forums.zuggsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35639 I asked for some help there getting it to use nothing but temp variables, if no one post anything, I'll repost the code alone in a new thread for people facing the same problem. Ty though.