Quotation Marks and Variables

[webkin32]

I'm trying to use a variable in a GUI that requires the use of quotation marks. But instead of the computer using the defined variable, it is just printing the name of the variable

This is the line of code I'm having problems with (category is set to AbcTestAbc)

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Instruction := "The category is  %Category%"

but instead of it saying "The category is AbcTestAbc" it says "The category is %Category%

Please Help. Thanks in advance

[Datapoint]

try

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Instruction := "The category is " Category

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#Intro

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MyNumber := 123
MyString := "This is a literal string."
CopyOfVar := Var  ; Unlike its counterpart in the previous section, percent signs are not used with the := operator.

[JoeWinograd]

Hi webkin,
What you're looking for is concatenation, documented here:

https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Variables.htm#concat

The period (dot) is the concatenation operator. As the doc says, there are times when it can be omitted and times when it can't be, but I always prefer to include it for consistency in my coding. So, in the line of code you posted, it would be:

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Instruction:="The category is " . Category

Also, study the doc on Expressions and Operators in Expressions. Regards, Joe

[webkin32]

Thank you this solved my problem.
You're all amazing

[JoeWinograd]

You're welcome. Glad to hear that fixed it for you. Regards, Joe