I've been coding a sort of calculator Discord bot using JavaScript, but I've encountered a very annoying problem. I made a simple ping command that the bot responded with "pong!" from a tutorial, as this is my first Discord bot. I then created an addition command and then a subtraction command, which both worked. However, when I added a multiplication command, some weird things began to happen. When I tested the multiplication command on Discord, the bot took my arguments and acted as if I had asked it to subtract the numbers, even correctly using the embed for subtraction. I waited a couple of days but that didn't work, so I thought maybe the fact that I had copy-pasted the code from the subtraction command and altered it to multiplication was the problem, so I rewrote the code the same way it was and deleted the old multiplication command file. That didn't work. I then found out that literally anything I entered other than the ping and addition commands would trigger the subtraction command. The prefix I'm using is "math." and if I entered "math.multiply," "math.," or "math.dkjf2uhvni," or literally anything (with the arguments of course) the bot would just subtract the numbers. I have no idea what's going on here. I'm using the discord.js and decimal.js libraries. I wrote my bot in Visual Studio Code. Sorry for my long-winded question, I just want to make sure anyone who answers has all the information needed to come up with a solution. If anyone is able to help, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'll include all of the code related to my bot right here for reference:
//-------------
//package.json
//-------------
{
"name": "math-bot",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "A bot that does math (and maybe explains it too idk)",
"main": "mathbot.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo"
},
"author": "JustAnotherMusician7",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"decimal.js": "^10.2.1",
"discord.js": "^12.5.3"
}
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//mathbot.js (detects and calls the commands which are separate files, logs the bot into Discord, etc.)
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const decimal = require('decimal.js');
const Discord = require('discord.js');
const client = new Discord.Client();
const prefix = 'math.';
const fs = require('fs');
client.commands = new Discord.Collection();
const commandFiles = fs.readdirSync('./commands/').filter(file => file.endsWith('.js'));
for(const file of commandFiles) {
const command = require(`./commands/${file}`);
client.commands.set(command.name, command);
}
client.once('ready', () => {
console.log('Math Bot is online!');
});
client.on('message', message =>{
if(!message.content.startsWith(prefix) || message.author.bot) return;
const args = message.content.slice(prefix.length).split(/ +/);
const command = args.shift().toLowerCase();
if(command === 'ping'){
client.commands.get('ping').execute(message, args);
} else if(command === 'add'){
client.commands.get('add').execute(message, args, Discord);
} else if(command === 'subtract' || 'sub'){
client.commands.get('subtract').execute(message, args, Discord);
} else if(command === 'multiply' || 'mul'){
client.commands.get('multiply').execute(message, args, Discord);
} else {
return;
}
});
client.login('REAL-TOK3N');
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
//ping.js (simple ping command from the tutorial I used, works perfectly fine)
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
module.exports = {
name: 'ping',
description: "This is a ping command.",
execute(message, args){
message.channel.send('pong!');
}
}
//--------------------------------------------------
//add.js (addition command, also works as intended)
//--------------------------------------------------
const { default: Decimal } = require('decimal.js');
module.exports = {
name: 'add',
description: 'This command can add two numbers.',
execute(message, args, Discord){
x = new Decimal(args[0]);
y = new Decimal(args[1]);
var sum = Decimal.add(x, y);
const embed = new Discord.MessageEmbed()
.setColor('#ffffff')
.setTitle('Addition')
.addFields(
{name: String(args[0]) + ' + ' + String(args[1]), value: String(sum)}
)
message.channel.send(embed);
}
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//subtract.js (the command that has gone haywire and is blocking my multiplication command from working)
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const { default: Decimal } = require('decimal.js');
module.exports = {
name: 'subtract',
description: 'This command can subtract two numbers.',
execute(message, args, Discord){
x = new Decimal(args[0]);
y = new Decimal(args[1]);
var difference = Decimal.sub(x, y);
const embed = new Discord.MessageEmbed()
.setColor('#ffffff')
.setTitle('Subtraction')
.addFields(
{name: String(args[0]) + ' - ' + String(args[1]), value: String(difference)}
)
message.channel.send(embed);
}
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//multiply.js (the command that is seemingly overridden by the subtraction command, doesn't work)
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const { default: Decimal } = require('decimal.js');
module.exports = {
name: 'multiply',
description: 'This command can multiply two numbers.',
execute(message, args, Discord){
x = new Decimal(args[0]);
y = new Decimal(args[1]);
var product = Decimal.mul(x, y);
const embed = new Discord.MessageEmbed()
.setColor('#ffffff')
.setTitle('Multiplication')
.addFields(
{name: String(args[0]) + ' * ' + String(args[1]), value: String(product)}
)
message.channel.send(embed);
}
}
