Manual:DIL Manual isplayer() - Seifert69/DikuMUD3 GitHub Wiki

Function:  integer isplayer( pcname : string ) ;

  pcname
         the name of the player being checked
  Return
         Returns an integer TRUE if pcname is a player FALSE if not

This function is used to find out if a string you pass to it is a player or not.
This can be used and is used to find out if a player is truly a player that an
Administrator is deleting with out having that player on line.
Example:

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if (not isplayer(arg))
        {
        sendtext (arg+" is not a character.&n",self);
        quit;
        }

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