id - function called by present() in order to identify an object int id( string an_id ); The present() efunction calls id() to determine if a given object is named by a given string. id() should return 1 if the object wishes to be known by the name in the string anId; it should return 0 otherwise. See also: present Tim Hollebeek Beek@ZorkMUD, Lima Bean, IdeaExchange, and elsewhere