process_value

NAME

process_value() - return values from described function calls

SYNOPSIS

mixed process_value(string str);

DESCRIPTION

Processes a string containing a function call description and returns the
result of evaluating that function call. The function call description
is in the format:
@@function:object#id@@

Where:

* function is the name of the function to call
* object is the object to call the function on
* id is the object's ID

The function call will be evaluated and its result returned.

Note: This function is different from parse_command() which uses OBJ, OBJ2,
PREP, and WORD tokens for pattern matching. This function is specifically
for evaluating a single function call and returning its result.

Example:

```c
mixed value = process_value("@@query_weight:/obj/weapon#456@@");
// Returns the weight of the weapon object
```

SEE ALSO

process_string(3), parse_command(3)

CAVEAT

This is usually used to support 'value by function call' in the mudlib.
It is wise to set the effuserid of the object to 0 before using
process_value as any function in any object can be called with almost
any arguments.