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Hi everyone,

I have a problem with my code. Let's see if anyone can help me.
My code is the following:

^1::

x = `r`n
y = y`r`n
clipboard=
send, ^c
clipwait

if ( x = %clipboard% or y = %clipboard% )
{
msgbox, found !!!
}
return

The system gives me the message

Error this variable or function name contains an illegal caracter. The current thread will exit. Specifically:

line#
.
.
.
022: if ( x = %clipboard% or y = %clipboard% )
.
.
.

What does this mean. Anyone has an idea why the error occurs?

Regards

Oli

please remove the "%" and try again.

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Ciao
toralf

Hi toralf,

thanks for the fast answer. The problem was exactly this.

For me it seems a little bit strange that sometimes you have to use the % and then in an if case you don't have to use them. Do you know why it is like this?

Regards

Oli

Yes ;)

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Ciao
toralf

If expression vs. "old-style" If... See doc. for this. Might change in a future v.2, as Chris acknowledges it is a bit confusing...

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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

Ok, fine!