Check for SubString

[FinalVersion]

This script is suppose to check the key "Test", and see if it contains -b.

Config.ini

[Settings]
Test=-a -b

Script

$Test = IniRead(@ScriptDir & "\Config.ini", "Settings", "Test", "")

$check = StringInStr($Test, "-b")

If Not $check = 0 Then
    MsgBox(64, "", "Error")
EndIf

In this case I should get the message box, but I don't. I can't see what I've done wrong.

[GEOSoft]

If Not $check = 0 is screwing you up

Use

If $check = 0 Then

or

If NOT $check Then

Edited March 17, 2010 by GEOSoft

[FinalVersion]

Returns 0 if substring not found.

I want the message box to run if the string is found.

If Not $check then

Always runs.

If $check = 0 then

Runs if it's not in the string.

Edited March 17, 2010 by FinalVersion

[picaxe]

I want the message box to run if the string is found.

If $check > 0 Then

[FinalVersion]

Doesn't work.

[enaiman]

What would be the difference between

Not $check = 0

and

$check <> 0

??

You're still wasting other people's time. Think! Try different forms. You're jumping on forum with the most trivial matters.

[picaxe]

Doesn't work.

Works for me

[FinalVersion]

Ah, I had a typing mistake in the config file.

@enaiman

I tried every possible statement I could think of, maybe suggest I've typed something wrong, instead of making smart remarks.

Edited March 17, 2010 by FinalVersion

[enaiman]

Keep up this attitude and you'll end up with a lot of "friends" here.

You jumped straight away to "Doesn't work" without even checking your ini file and your code; that shows a lack of respect for the people trying to help you.

And what I said about you wasting people's time it's true - you could have completely avoided this discussion if you used only one messagebox; to show you the value read from ini.

If you didn't know about message boxes, well, that's a very important use for them, to help debugging the script. Well, at least you have learned something today.