.\"send a message to an object
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tell_object
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tell_object

.SH Name
.SI 5
tell_object() - send a message to an object
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.SH Synopsis
.SI 5
void tell_object( object ob, string str );
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.SH Description
.SP 5 5
Send a message `str' to object `ob'.  If it is an interactive object
(a player), then the message will go to him, otherwise it will go to the
local function catch_tell().
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.SH See also
.SI 5
write(), shout(), say(), tell_room(), catch_tell()
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