Objects

Everything in your Virtual Environment on the Cold Dark is an object. This includes people, items and locations. Every object has a unique name, which is used to refer to it. This name is often called a database reference (dbref for short) or object name. An object name begins with a dollar-sign ($) and is followed by one or more alphabetic or numeric characters, or the undescore. All of the following are object names:

$root
$thing_35
$no_one

Objects also have another type of dbref called an object number. You will not likely see too many object numbers, as all valid objects should have a name--which is easier to remember. An object number begins with a pound sign (#) followed by a number (positive or negative). If it is a negative number, it is referring to an object which either no longer exists, or has never existed.

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