From the NannyMUD documentation

LAST CHANGE

 2000-12-11 

NAME

          genders - Possible genders in NannyMUD

FUNCTIONS

SETUP FUNCTIONS

 
   set_gender
 

QUERY FUNCTIONS

        query_gender
        query_gender_string
        query_pronoun
        query_possessive
        query_objective
 

DESCRIPTION

  	Living objects that inherit /obj/living can have a gender: they
	can be male, female or neuter. There is a variable, gender, which can
	have the values 0, 1 or 2, #defined in /include/living.h as
	+  NEUTER_GENDER (0)
	+  MALE_GENDER   (1)
	+  FEMALE_GENDER (2) .

	This functionality is defined in /obj/living_functions.c:

	Monsters are neuter by default.
  

FUNCTION

NAME
 
          set_gender - Sets the gender


SYNTAX
  set_gender(g)
 

DESCRIPTION
      Sets the gender variable to g (after checking).
  




FUNCTION

NAME
 
          query_gender - returns the gender


SYNTAX
  query_gender()
 

DESCRIPTION
      Returns the value of the gender variable
  


RETURN VALUES
       0=neuter, 1=male and 2=female




FUNCTION

NAME
 
          query_gender_string - Returns "neuter", "male" or "female"


SYNTAX
  query_gender_string()
 

DESCRIPTION
     Returns "neuter", "male" or "female"
  


RETURN VALUES
   Returns the string "neuter", "male" or "female".




FUNCTION

NAME
 
          query_pronoun - Returns "it", "he" or "she"


SYNTAX
  query_pronoun()
 

DESCRIPTION
     Returns "it", "he" or "she".
  


RETURN VALUES
  "it", "he" or "she" 




FUNCTION

NAME
 
          query_possessive - Returns "its", "his" or "her"


SYNTAX
  query_possessive()
 

DESCRIPTION
     Returns "its", "his" or "her"
  


RETURN VALUES
     "its", "his" or "her"  




FUNCTION

NAME
 
          query_objective - Returns "it", "him" or "her"


SYNTAX
  query_objective()
 

DESCRIPTION
     Returns "it", "him" or "her"
  


RETURN VALUES
   "it", "him" or "her"