I guess I should have been more clear on that... the number field doesnt correlate with the line numbers

there are 551 lines.. this is a static amount.

think of it as a file with 2 fields one listing a phone number and the other listing a name.

the line number will be used to pull the line and split it into the 2 variables which will then be used in another sub routine.

basically this is an irc bot code for a game.

users will /msg botname battle some_number

which will then search the file for that line, grab the name of the monster, and the number which is it's attack rating and force the player and monster to fight based on both of their attack ratings.

In reply to Re^2: Return full line from line number X by Rathlar
in thread Return full line from line number X by Rathlar

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