Reference: Commands

The following is a list of the commands available to robots. For a detailed description of each command click the links below.

Command	Description
abs	calculates absolute value
acceltarget	sets acceleration target
ahead	moves a robot forward
ascanevents	controls auto-scan events
assert	checks for a true condition (debugging helper)
author	specifies a robot's author
back	moves a robot backward
blocking	controls command blocking
bodyleft	rotates a robot's body left
bodyright	rotates a robot's body right
cldcookieevents	controls cookie collision events
cldmineevents	controls mine collision events
cldmissileevents	controls missile collision events
cldrobotevents	controls robot collision events
cldwallevents	controls wall collision events
clear	resets all values of a variable
cleararray	removes all array variables
clearprops	removes all property variables
clipmoves	control lateral movement clipping
continue	restarts a previously stopped movement or rotation
copy	copies root value and array and property variables from source to destination
coreevents	controls core events
countarray	determines the size of a variable's array
countprops	determines the number of properties on a variable
customevents	controls custom events
deceltarget	sets deceleration target
dtccookieevents	controls cookie detection events
dtcmineevents	controls mine detection events
dtcrobotevents	controls robot detection events
dtcwallevents	controls wall detection events
endturn	ends a robot's turn immediately
fire	fires an energy missile
gethitsother	obsolete, use the _hitstorobots system variable instead
gethitsself	obsolete, use the _hitsfromrobots system variable instead
gethitstr	obsolete, use the _hitstrtorobots system variable instead
getothers	obsolete, use the _robotsalive system variable instead
getpropname	determines the name of a property
getrandom	calculates a random number
getshots	obsolete, use the _shotsfired system variable instead
gettime	gets the current time as a string
getturns	obsolete, use the _turns system variable instead
gunleft	rotates a robot's gun left
gunright	rotates a robot's gun right
hasprop	determines if a property exists
initialize	sets all variable values to a specified value
isequal	determines if root values and all array and property elements are equal
isnum	determines if a value is numeric
isstr	determines if a value is a string
lockall	controls rotation locking of a robot's body, gun, and radar
lockgun	controls rotation locking of a robot's gun, and radar
max	determines larger of two values
min	determines smaller of two values
msgbox	displays a message box to user
name	sets a robot's name
numfrom	converts a value to a number
pingevents	controls radar ping events
pophead	removes an element from the beginning of an array
poptail	removes an element from the end of an array
print	sends a root value to the print log
printdeep	sends a root value and all array and property elements to print log
pushhead	adds an element to the beginning of an array
pushtail	adds an element to the end of an array
radarleft	rotates a robot's radar left
radarright	rotates a robot's radar right
radiochannel	sets private tuner channel number
radioevents	controls radio events
radiosend	sends a radio message
regascan	registers an auto-scan event handler
regcldcookie	registers a cookie collision event handler
regcldmine	registers a mine collision event handler
regcldmissile	registers a missile collision event handler
regcldrobot	registers a robot collision event handler
regcldwall	registers a wall collision event handler
regcore	registers a core event handler
regcustom	registers a custom event handler
regdtccookie	registers a cookie detection event handler
regdtcmine	registers a mine detection event handler
regdtcrobot	registers a robot detection event handler
regdtcwall	registers a wall detection event handler
regping	registers a radar ping event handler
regradio	registers a radio event handler
round	rounds a number
scan	sends out a radar ping to find other objects
setaccel	obsolete, use the acceltarget command
setarraycount	changes the size of a variable's array
sign	finds the mathematical sign of a value
sliding	controls movement sliding
speedtarget	sets speed target
stall	skips a specified number of turns
stop	stops both lateral and rotational movement
stopmove	stops only lateral movement
stoprotate	stops only rotational movement
store	stores a variable's value for use in the next game
strbreak	finds the offset of a matching character
strfind	finds the offset of a matching string
strfrom	converts a value to a string
stricmp	case insensitive string comparison
strins	inserts a string into another
strlen	determines a strings length
strlower	converts a string to lower case
strmid	extracts a substring
strrev	reverses the order of a string
strspan	finds the offset of a non-matching character
strtrim	removes leading spaces and tabs from a string
strupper	converts a string to upper case
style	sets a robot's graphical style
suicide	kills a robot immediately
syncall	rotates a robot's body and gun to alight with its radar
syncgun	rotates a robot's gun to alight with its radar
truncate	removes decimal portion of numeric value
version	sets a robot's version number
waitfor	blocks until specified conditions becomes true