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#45449 - 2003-09-16 01:49 PM Bug or Feature
creutz creutz Fresh Scripter Registered: 2000-06-14 Posts: 32 Loc: Helsinki, Finland	[Moderator (Sealeopard): Moved topic from 'Scripts' to 'Starters' forum due to lack of script in body] $X = "qwery" ? '$X' gives qwerty ? '$X_' gives $X_ ? '$X'+'_' gives qwerty_ why does the second example not print the variables content tia Creutz ps more of a question, not a problem anymore as I solved the situation as in example 3 [ 17. September 2003, 20:43: Message edited by: sealeopard ]
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#45450 - 2003-09-16 02:01 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	Try: $x='qwerty' $z='12345' ? '$x$z' The issue is the way that KiXtart parses the string and interpolates variable names within the string. In your example $X_ is interpreted as the name of the variable which is currently empty. When the variable is empty the text of the veriable name is printed as text. A best practice is to not include variable names within strings. [ 16. September 2003, 14:35: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ] _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#45451 - 2003-09-16 02:09 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Mart Mart KiX Supporter Registered: 2002-03-27 Posts: 4673 Loc: The Netherlands	No problems here. You filled $X with qwery so why should it display qwerty if you put qwery in it. Must be some other typo or something. $X = "qwery" ? '$X' gives qwery ? '$X_' gives $X_ ? '$X'+'_' gives qwery_ The second example printing nothing.....like Howard said. _________________________ Mart - Chuck Norris once sold ebay to ebay on ebay.
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#45452 - 2003-09-16 02:23 PM Re: Bug or Feature
creutz creutz Fresh Scripter Registered: 2000-06-14 Posts: 32 Loc: Helsinki, Finland	actually I did $X='qwerty' and ? '$X_' did not work but ? '$X.' works, I get qwerty. it is only the underscore just after a variable that does not work - strange is it not Creutz ps I will try to use concatenation better in the future
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#45453 - 2003-09-16 02:24 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	No it is not strange. It is expected behaviour. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#45454 - 2003-09-16 02:29 PM Re: Bug or Feature
creutz creutz Fresh Scripter Registered: 2000-06-14 Posts: 32 Loc: Helsinki, Finland	Please explain to me, why a underscore after a variable is NO NO but an other charater like space or period OK, I dont see the consistency. Is underscore some special character that I dont know of? ? Creutz [ 16. September 2003, 14:30: Message edited by: creutz ]
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#45455 - 2003-09-16 02:38 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	I already explained it. The underscore is not a special function character like space or period and is interpretted as part of the variable name. Why is that difficult to comprehend? _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#45456 - 2003-09-16 02:40 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	...oh, and while your at it, stop using vars in strings. It is considered to be in poor form. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#45457 - 2003-09-16 02:42 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	...and the code you posted does not qualify to be in the "Scripts" forum. This is more of a "Starters" question. Maybe a mod should move it. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#45458 - 2003-09-16 02:44 PM Re: Bug or Feature
creutz creutz Fresh Scripter Registered: 2000-06-14 Posts: 32 Loc: Helsinki, Finland	at last I got underscore is as much a character as a, b, c, ... but space, period and such are separators thanks for the explains Creutz
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#45459 - 2003-09-16 02:48 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Mart Mart KiX Supporter Registered: 2002-03-27 Posts: 4673 Loc: The Netherlands	creutz : FYI. Special characters are -, +, =, *, / because they are ussed for (among other stuff) calculations. Example: code: $a = 2 $b = 3 $c = $a+$b ?$c $c in this example would become 5. Same can be done with -, +, etc.. Underscore will be seen as part of the variable name. And maybe a mod should move it to starters indeed. [ 16. September 2003, 14:49: Message edited by: R2D2 ] _________________________ Mart - Chuck Norris once sold ebay to ebay on ebay.
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#45460 - 2003-09-17 02:51 AM Re: Bug or Feature
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	hmm... there shouldn't actually be any special characters in strings except white-space. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#45461 - 2003-09-17 02:56 AM Re: Bug or Feature
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	The term 'special characters' actually may be a little "strong". when parsing a string that may contain variables, some character just aren't considered to be part of a variable name. Like the "$" which is the start of a variable and not a character anywhere else in the variable name. So in this case, is "$" a special character? I do not think it really matters especially if one starts to follow the "no vars in strings" best practice. [ 17. September 2003, 02:59: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ] _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#45462 - 2003-09-17 08:42 PM Re: Bug or Feature
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	See also the KiXtart Manual for info on variables and see the SETOPTION() command. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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