"Hotkey" command - strange behavior Topic is solved

[AndrewKun]

Hi guys

I'm seeing some strange behavior with the Hotkey function. For example, this script is working

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Var = space

Hotkey, %Var%, Action
return

Action:
	MsgBox, action test
return

But if I change the Var using another hotkey, it stops working, even though the Var value is set successfully

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^q::Var = space

Hotkey, %Var%, Action
return

Action:
	MsgBox, action test
return

Then, if I take the first, working script, and place a block comment at the start...:

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/*comment*/

Var = space

Hotkey, %Var%, Action
return

Action:
	MsgBox, action test
return

The script doesn't even run! All I did is placed a single comment string. Can you please explain why it doesn't work in examples 2 and 3? Looks like a bug to me.

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
1. script is working
2. script: the Auto-execute Section ends with "^q::Var = space"
so "Hotkey, %Var%, Action" was not executed.
The whole 3. script is a comment because there is no comment end.
*/ must be at the beginning of a line.

[AndrewKun]

Hallo,
1. script is working
2. script: the Auto-execute Section ends with "^q::Var = space"
so "Hotkey, %Var%, Action" was not executed.
The whole 3. script is a comment because there is no comment end.
*/ must be at the beginning of a line.

Thanks! Really sorry for the lame questions, but those are some nuances I wasn't aware of.