Question - Why do I get NULL in my event

[Soandso2]

My event triggers, but the variable in the event sub is NULL. I am doing (as far as I can see) exactly what the documentation says.

First we declare the event:
[CODE title="Declare event"]#Event SkillUp "You have become better at #1#"

[/CODE]
Then in my Sub Main (in the eternal loop)
[CODE title="Sub Main"]/doevents[/CODE]
And finally the sub
[CODE title="Sub Event"]Sub Event_SkillUp(Line,skill)
/echo Skillup: ${skill}
/return[/CODE]

If I echo the Line, I get the full line that triggered the event, but when I use skill as shown, it is NULL. Why? Also, IF I echo Line, this seems to trigger an event again, because it spams the skillup message over and over again.
My idea is to see this echo: "Skillup: disarm (3)"

 

[kaen01]

I think your line var might not want to be capitalized, i would start there.

This is what i have for skillups:
#event SkillUp "You have become better at #1#! (#2#)"

#event - MacroQuest Docs

docs.macroquest.org

 

[Soandso2]

I think your line var might not want to be capitalized, i would start there.

This is what i have for skillups:
#event SkillUp "You have become better at #1#! (#2#)"

#event - MacroQuest Docs

docs.macroquest.org

Trying your suggestion right away. My thought was that my version would have captured the whole string after "at" in the text. Let's see what this does.

Ok, result already.
[CODE title="Sub Event"]Sub Event_SkillUp(line,skill,value)
/echo ${skill} went up: ${value}
/return[/CODE]

Results in NULL went up: 74

 

[kaen01]

now that is weird
hmmm
hmm try another word instead of skill, it might be a protected word for mq.

 

[Soandso2]

now that is weird
hmmm
hmm try another word instead of skill, it might be a protected word for mq.

I was thinking that too, but thought I would have got an error or warning if I used a no-go-word. I changed it, let's see what happens.

That was the problem! Now it works! Skill seems to be a protected word!
Thanks a lot for the assistance!