/doc/lfun/Short

LFUN

string Short ()
string Short (string what)

DESCRIPTION

Return the short description of this object.

Argument

what: for 'look at' commands, this is the id of the object looked at.

Result

A string with the complete short description of this object, or 0 or "" if the object is invisible.

The result is catenated from P_SHORT and the extra data associated with P_SHORT. Actual objects may redefine Short() as they please to. The returned string is lowercase and contains no linebreaks.

EXAMPLE

  string sh;
  if (sh = obj->Short())
    write("You see "+sh+"\n");

IMPLEMENTED

/std/thing/description

SEE ALSO

InvShort

perception

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