Multiple listen events?

I'm having trouble with a script. I'm trying to make a robot that performs a multitude of task, such as: following, calculating, and even lighting up for night time. I want each of these task to be activated by chat commands that are typed in the 5th channel. The problem I'm having is that I want every chat command to be accessible in the default state, but with how the listen event is designed I'm only able to have one chat command for each state.

If anybody knows a work around to this problem please let me know, I'd be very thankful.

Check the value of the message then use and

if (message == "cmd1" do something
else if (message == "cmd2" do something different
....
....

I second Krista with an example:

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        llListen( 5,"",NULL_KEY,"");
    }
     
    listen(integer kanal, string name, key id, string message)
    {
        if (llToLower(message) == "this")
        {
              // do this
        }
        else if (llToLower(message) == "that")
          {
              // do that
          }
        else if (llToLower(message) == "cry")
          {
              // do cry
          }
        // etc.  
    }
}

Happy scripting

Krista's idea worked. I actually tried exactly that before making this thread, the problem was I forgot two things. I didn't type else before the second if statement, and i only typed one = sign instead of two. Two minor problems that were easily fixed after looking at both of your examples.
Thanks for the help. : )

That wouldn't prevent the script would working, it'd just make it a bit inefficient by continuing to test for other values once a match had been found.


That, however, would be a deal breaker. Just gotta remember, when you're asking "are these two things equal?" use ==. When you're telling it "this is equal to that", use =.

One trick experienced coders use (which I myself haven't gotten into the habit of) is, when testing for equality between a variable and a literal value, place the literal first, e.g.

if( 5 == x )

That way, if you accidentally type = rather than ==, the compiler will catch it, since you can't assign a value to a literal, only to variables.