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NAME

Quote.pm - A module to record user quotes for IRC::Bot.

SYNOPSIS

my $quote = Bot::Quote->new();
# later on...
# Lets look and see if they have a quote recorded.
sub on_public {
my ( $kernel, $who, $where, $msg ) = @_[ KERNEL, ARG0, ARG1, ARG2 ];
my $nick = ( split /!/, $who )[0];
# Do Stuff...
elsif ( $msg =~ m/^!quote/i ) {
my @arg = split ( / /, $msg );
my $name = $arg[1];
if ($name) {
my $said = $quote->quote_query( $name );
$kernel->post( 'privmsg', $where, $said );
}
else {
$kernel->post( 'privmsg', $where, "Need help, $nick?");
}
}

DESCRIPTION

Provides methods for recording quotes for users on a channel

METHODS

quote_set()

quote_set() takes two arguments, users nick and the quote to record.

Use like so:

my $set = $quote->set_quote( $nick, $text );
$kernel->post( 'privmsg', $where, $set );
quote_query()

quote_query() Takes one argument, a nick. Checks to see if nick has quote recorded. If so, it will return the quote, otherwise it will let you know if it was not found.

Use like so:

my $get = $quote->quote_query( $nick );
$kernel->post( 'privmsg', $where, $get );
quote_forget()

quote_forget() Takes one argumet, a nick. This will remove the nick from the cache. Returns a message letting you know nick has been removed.

Use like so:

my $forget = $quote->quote_forget( $nick );
$kernel->post( 'privmsg', $where, $forget );

CREDITS

See Bot

AUTHOR

Benjamin Smith defitro@just-another.net

SEE ALSO

Bot POE::Component::IRC Cache::FileCache