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[bahri]

Hi all!
Using If var contains is there a ahk varible that contains the match.

myvar = This is number two
matchvar = one,two,three

If myvar contains %matchvar%
msgbox, the matched item is %AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO DISPLAY WHICH ITEM IN MATCHVAR WAS MATCHED ONE TWO or THREE%

I realise that Loop-parsing the matchvar items can achieve this but in some cases I prefere to use if var contains

Any idea
Thanks all

[evl]

Perhaps Chris could make ErrorLevel set to the matching item?

[bahri]

Hi!
In fact that was the first thing I tried - the errorlevel - I thought may be I will find something not listed in the help file, but no joy.

How about it Chris? Errorlevel to hold the match ......
Thanks
bahri

[Chris]

Commands that don't currently change ErrorLevel cannot be changed to do so because it would break existing scripts that rely on the previous ErrorLevel being remembered.

In the future, better functions might get added to do this sort of thing. In the meantime, it's probably best to use something other than "contains" in cases like this.

[bahri]

Hi!
Very true Chris.
Will it be worthed adding a new ahk variable for this may be A_match?
I tend to use "If var contains" and "if var is" often as they cut down on the looping (although I suppose it's done internally anyway) and make lighter scripts

Thanks
bahri

[Chris]

Adding another built-in variable is possible but may be undesirable due to the sheer number of built-in variables, which burdens the documentation and complicates the code. However, there will probably be function/expression counterparts to "If Contains" and "If In" someday, which will probably have better capabilities.