Valid()

VALID()

 FUNCTION: valid(<category>,<argument>)

 This returns true or false depending on whether the characters and
 arrangement of characters in <argument> satisfy the restrictions implied by
 <category>.

 Possible values for <category>:

    attrname    Validates attribute name.
    comalias    Validates comsys alias.
    doing       Validates @doing string.
    exitname    Validates exit name.
    name        Validates object name.
    password    Validates for password rules.
    playername  Validates player name for @name and @alias.
    malias      Validates @malias name.
    maliasdesc  Validates @malias description.

 Valid() does not check the database for existence and it does not guarantee
 that an attempt to use such an object will succeed. It only looks at
 <argument> as a string of characters.

 Related Topics: isdbref().