Embedded text expressions without article

ID:2356147
 
Mar 24 2018, 2:27 pm
Problem description:
My problem is that i couldn't find a way to remove the automatic \the macro from [] expressions. Are there any workarounds?

Example:
view() << "[usr] picks up [src]."
this way you will get an automatic "the" in front of the [src] which is not needed in my case.
Mar 24 2018, 2:36 pm
You'd use .name instead.

view() << "[usr.name] picks up [src.name]"
Mar 24 2018, 2:37 pm
In response to Nadrew
thanks
Mar 24 2018, 2:38 pm
Just to elaborate a bit.

src is an object, src.name is a string. BYOND automatically applies the \the macro to objects, which will prepend 'the' to an object that has an improper name.