[I6] Printing out parts of input

Authoring Inform 6
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Dear all,
how can I print out part of what the player has typed in? Specific example: I defined a “look up xxx” verb and parse all kinds of topics:

wn = consult_from;
wd = NextWord();
if(wd==‘topic1’){
…
}
“No information on that topic found.”;

But instead of the generic “No information … found” output I would like to have an output “No information on xxx found.”, with “xxx” being the string the player typed. I tried to simply print wd or (string) wd but in both cases I just got a “[** Programming error: tried to print (string) on something not a string **]” error during the game.

Thanks!

3

I have saved the values of wn and consult_words, but I’m not sure if this is necessary. Check it out, I made this example a bit fast.

Code 
Include "parser";
Include "verblib";

Object room "Room"
   with description "You are in a room.",
has light;

Object book "book" room
   with
      name 'book',
      description "It is a book about the fruits of the orchard.",
      Before [ w cw swn;
         Consult:
            swn = wn;            
            wn = consult_from;
            cw = consult_words;
            while (cw) {
               w = NextWord();
               switch (w) {
                  'apple', 'apples': "Eat apples!";
                  'pear', 'pears': "Eat pears!";
               }
               cw--;
            }
            wn = swn;
            print "No information on ";
            PrintWord(consult_from);
            ".";
      ],
   has;

[ PrintWord wordnum   at len;
   at = WordAddress(wordnum) - buffer;
   len = WordLength(wordnum) + at;
   for ( : at < len: at++)
      print (char) buffer->at;
];

[ Initialise;
   location = room;
];

Include "grammar";

Release 1 / Serial number 210105 / Inform v6.35 Library v6.12.4 S

Room
You are in a room.

You can see a book here.

>read about apple in book
Eat apples!

>read about apple from the orchard in book
Eat apples!

>read about cherries in book
No information on cherries.

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Finally found the time to implement this. Wow! auraes, it works!! And I even understood what you’ve been doing and can amend it to my individual needs! Awesome, thanks alot!!!