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$& is a construct which allows you to break up long, single script lines in order to make editing and reading them much easier.
Note: $& can touch the end of your line and still be valid, see the example
Synopsis
$&
Parameters
None
Examples
An alias that breaks up a long echo into multiple lines
alias testit { echo -a This is a really long$& line that is broken up because $& mIRC supports it! The cool thing is $& that mIRC will also format these $& indentations within the script editor! }
Create an alias that has a code block similar to a programming language
alias testit { if ($me isin $+(Hello, $me,! How are you?)) $& { echo -a This code block resembles some popular programming languages. } }
Note: Non-spaces are not permitted following it on the same line, and this reports there is no such identifier (unless you create a custom identifier named '&')
//echo -a foo $& bar
Compatibility
Added: mIRC v5.5
Added on: 08 Jan 1999
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.