[solved] Command "expression mode" mishandles direct arrays

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x:=2
MsgBox,,,% "Text " ["text1 ","Text2 "][x] "Text3"        ; bug - only shows Text3
MsgBox,,,% "Text " LTrim(["text1 ","Text2 "][x]) "Text3" ; shows Text Text2 Text3
z:=["text1 ","Text2 "]
MsgBox,,,% "Text " z[x] "Text3"                          ; shows Text Text2 Text3

The errant behaviour of the first MsgBox is also seen on other commands.

If a direct associative array {...} is attempted for the first MsgBox, an error is shown 'Unexpected {'.

[lexikos]

Your syntax is incorrect. You need to use explicit . concat in this case.

Concatenate. The period (dot) operator is used to combine two items into a single string (there must be at least one space on each side of the period). You may also omit the period to achieve the same result (except where ambiguous ...

[TAC109]

Thanks

[joedf]

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