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sinkfaze



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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:25 pm    Post subject: Search multiple options with IfInString Reply with quote
I have a script I'm running where I use IfInString to search a variable for certain data to tell my script what to do from there. I have four different strings that if found will go to the same subroutine, can I place those all within one IfInString statement? If so, how? Or will I have to string all of them together with 'else IfInString'? The latter obviously works, it just doesn't look very clean.
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trueski



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PostPosted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
found this example in the help file

Code:
if (Color = "Blue" or Color = "White")
{
    MsgBox The color is one of the allowed values.
    ExitApp
}
else if (Color = "Silver")
; .....


Should be able to get it to work with ifinstring
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sinkfaze



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PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well that was frustrating. Here are all of the combinations I tried that did not work with IfInString:

Code:
IfInString, Var, DEF or GHI or JKL
 Gosub, DEFProg

Code:
IfInString, Var, DEF || GHI || JKL
 Gosub, DEFProg

Code:
IfInString, Var, (DEF or GHI or JKL)
 Gosub, DEFProg

Code:
IfInString, Var, (DEF || GHI || JKL)
 Gosub, DEFProg

Code:
IfInString, Var, DEF
or GHI
or JKL
 Gosub, DEFProg

Code:
IfInString, Var, DEF
|| GHI
|| JKL
 Gosub, DEFProg


The only code that did work was this:

Code:
IfInString, Var, DEF
 Gosub, DEFProg
else IfInString, Var, GHI
 Gosub, DEFProg
else IfInString, Var, JKL
 Gosub, DEFProg


Am I misunderstanding how IfInString is supposed to work or am I missing something in the syntax?
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Z Gecko
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PostPosted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
You are misunderstanding how IfInString works, it supports only one searchstring.
The "contains" operator in expression-if is the same as using IfInString/IfNotInString except that multiple search strings are supported (any one of which will cause a match).
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Hasso



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PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why don't you simply use
Code:
IfInString, Var, DEFGHIJKL
 Gosub, DEFProg
Question Question Question
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n-l-i-d
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PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
If Var in D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L
 Gosub, DEFProg
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Hasso



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PostPosted: Thu May 15, 2008 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
n-l-i-d wrote:
Code:
If Var in D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L
 Gosub, DEFProg
I fear that wouldn't do it! As DEF is neither in D nor in E nor in F ... nor in L.
You could write
Code:
If Var in DEF,GHI,JKL
 Gosub, DEFProg
but I think my code above is a little bit shorter (doesn't need the commas). Mr. Green
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