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Asked: 2026-05-26T21:03:52+00:00

I have a command that I want to restrict only to certain ranks. I’m

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I have a command that I want to restrict only to certain ranks. I’m using unreal3.2.6 IRC.

I read this: enter image description here

But I still am not sure what I can do to check the users rank.

I want to see if the user is a “Voice” or higher. What could look up a user, and what can I do to check if they are a voice or higher? What are the values for each rank in order for me to check?

I’m only trying to check the current channel, not the whole IRC server.

For example:

When a user tries to execute a command !roll (Rolls a dice) and are not a Voice or higher, nothing would happen.

if (data.Equals("!roll"))
{
    //Check if user contains (@,+,etc?) 
    if(nickname.StartsWith(@..+..etc))
    {
        roll(nickname);
    }
}
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  1. Editorial Team

    Instead of querying the user with a WHOIS command, you need to query the applicable channel with the NAMES command.

    From RFC 2812 – Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol:

    3.2.5 Names message

    Command: NAMES

    Parameters: [ <channel> *( "," <channel> ) [ <target> ] ]

    By using the NAMES command, a user can list all nicknames that are visible to him. For more details on what is visible and what is not, see "Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management" [IRC-CHAN]. The <channel> parameter specifies which channel(s) to return information about. There is no error reply for bad channel names.

    If no <channel> parameter is given, a list of all channels and their occupants is returned. At the end of this list, a list of users who are visible but either not on any channel or not on a visible channel are listed as being on ‘channel’ "*".

    If the <target> parameter is specified, the request is forwarded to that server which will generate the reply.

    Wildcards are allowed in the <target> parameter.

    Numerics:

    ERR_TOOMANYMATCHES ERR_NOSUCHSERVER
    RPL_NAMREPLY RPL_ENDOFNAMES

    Examples:

    NAMES #twilight_zone,#42 ; Command to list visible users on #twilight_zone and #42

    NAMES ; Command to list all visible channels and users

    Quering a channel with the NAMES command will yield these two replies:

    353 RPL_NAMREPLY

    "( "=" / "*" / "@" ) <channel>
    :[ "@" / "+" ] <nick> *( " " [ "@" / "+" ] <nick> )

    • "@" is used for secret channels, "*" for private channels, and "=" for others (public channels).

    as well as:

    366 RPL_ENDOFNAMES

    "<channel> :End of NAMES list"

    You can split the list of nicks on the whitespace character, and determine whether the first character of a nick is a mode identifier (+, @, etc..) or an alphanumeric character (which implies that the user has no special mode on the channel.)

    The IRC standard only defines + as a voiced user and @ as a channel operator, but other servers can be known to use special characters like ~ for channel owner and & for "super" channel operators. As a general rule, you could simply check to see that the user has any channel mode (other than the default) to verify that they’re voiced or better.

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