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    lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

    Attached is a segment of code that uses a lookup. The lookup filter is a variable. In the script, the filter as a variable fails. However, if I copy the code and run it in the IW, it works fine. Or, if I hard code the filter, it works fine. What is this about, anyone?
    Mike W
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    "I rebel in at least small things to express to the world that I have not completely surrendered"

    #2
    Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

    Misread.

    Stick a debug(1) in just before the for each foo and see what vfilterc evaluates as when going through the loop.
    Last edited by Stan Mathews; 08-18-2009, 11:58 AM.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

      Make vpid & case global,
      Or
      replace variables with literals. There is a function for that:
      REPLACE_VARIABLES_IN_STRING()

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        #4
        Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

        Not familar with the "foo.value" syntax you're using. Shouldn't it simply be:

        Code:
        vpid = alltrim(foo)

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          #5
          Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

          Tom:
          You are right and it made no sense to me the first time I saw it either, but alpha treat both foo and foo.value as the same which means, just simply use foo. No need for that extra appendage.
          Last edited by G Gabriel; 08-18-2009, 12:30 PM.

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            #6
            Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

            Thanks all, I got it.

            The line position where the filter was generated into a variable was the issue. It's position before the variable vpid had a value made it unable to evaluate to a meaningful string. (as Stan seemed to suspect) I moved the vfilterC=... within the for each loop and it then has a value for the vpid variable to generate the filter string correctly.

            BTW,
            the foo.value thing. I picked that up somewhere in v6 somewhere when I was having some problems getting foo alone to work appropriately. I have been using it ever since without problems, likely needlessly.

            I thank you, and my hairline thanks you, again.
            Mike W
            __________________________
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              #7
              Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

              the foo.value thing
              It is in the docs for

              for each .... next
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

                Originally posted by Stan Mathews View Post
                It is in the docs for

                for each .... next
                Actually, it's both ways in the example found in the help file:

                Code:
                list = <<%a%
                a
                b
                c
                d
                e
                %a%
                
                for each foo in list
                    if [COLOR="Red"]foo = "c"[/COLOR]  [COLOR="red"]'without .value[/COLOR]
                        continue
                    end if
                    ui_msg_box("", [COLOR="red"]foo.value[/COLOR])  [COLOR="red"]'with .value[/COLOR]
                next

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                  #9
                  Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

                  Agreed.

                  Not that I understand the difference or why but that's where it is found.
                  There can be only one.

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                    #10
                    Re: lookup() filter variable not recognized in script

                    FOO stands for "For Once Only"

                    FOO is an "Alter Ego", or an alias, to anything in a script that is not quantified at that point of the code.

                    FOO has been used by way of convention by programmers but this doesn't mean you have to use the word FOO. You Could use anything your heart desires: Dwayne, Mickey Mouse, George, Lamat Sanford, Julio, or any representating name, i.e. something to represent something in the script. Something you could reference.

                    So:

                    for each FOO in a_list
                    FOO=FOO+" something else"

                    is the same as:
                    For each Julio in a_list
                    Julio=Julio+" something else"

                    In this case, FOO (or Julio) represent a line in a crlf() delimited list. You could use FOO (or any other name) to represent anything in the script and then say, for what FOO represents, do this.

                    So, in essence, FOO is simply a Flexible variable (the scientific name is metasyntactic variable) or you could say a placeholder. Hence, it wouldn't make sense to have ".value" attached to such variable or placeholder since ".value" is a property of an object. However, and evidently, alpha treats FOO in this scenario as if it is a dot variable. Don't know if alpha does that in purpose (to have a big tent so to speak in case someone is confused about FOO) or it is simply an oversight on alpha's part. I believe it is in purpose hence I hesitate to call it a bug and the reason I believe it is in purpose is that if you attempt to use other such properties with FOO (like .text for example), it will fail.
                    Last edited by G Gabriel; 08-18-2009, 08:39 PM.

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