#Command that takes a user argument from a mention
balmy mango
Yup hi
balmy mango
I'm just trying to get a user from a mention/id of someone
Is there anyway I can do that without checking for both cases
i.e. if it's not a mention then I check if it's an Id
smoky bone
so for example something like
"!greeting @some_person" and it gets their id?
smoky bone
i.e. if it's not a mention then I check if it's an Id
wait, so if there's a mention get that id, else get the author id?
balmy mango
no
balmy mango
wait, so if there's a mention get that id, else get the author id?
else get the ID passed into with the message
in which I have already isolated as arg
hollow dirge
i.e. if it's not a mention then I check if it's an Id
Use ternary operator <Message>.mentions.users.first() returns undefined if theres no mention
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<:_:818272565419573308> Conditional (ternary) operator
The conditional (ternary) operator is the only JavaScript operator that takes three operands: a condition followed by a question mark (?), then an expression to execute if the condition is truthy followed by a colon (:), and finally the expression to execute if the condition is falsy. This operator is frequently used as an alternative to an if...else statement.
smoky bone
ohhhhh right
smoky bone
Sorry I was so confused there for a second. Cheers Lawrster
balmy mango
@hollow dirge You also mentioned that <Client>.users.fetch(id) can be used to get the User from the ID, but it returns a promise. So how would I implement it into a ternary operator as message.mentions.user.first() does not
hollow dirge
(await <Client>.users.fetch(id))
balmy mango
(await <Client>.users.fetch(id))
but then it's not in an async function so how would that work
Should I make a helper function for that