bug in send key repetition

[Imbuter2000 0]

Examples of key repetition:

send("{A 1}") sends the key "A" 1 times

send("{A 2}") sends the key "A" 2 times

send("{A 3}") sends the key "A" 3 times

Similarly:

$quantity = 1

send("{A " & $quantity & "}") sends the key "A" 1 times

$quantity = 2

send("{A " & $quantity & "}") sends the key "A" 2 times

$quantity = 3

send("{A " & $quantity & "}") sends the key "A" 3 times

Now, how many "A" would you expect by the following?

send("{A 0}")

or:

$quantity = 0

send("{A " & $quantity & "}")

I expected it to send the key "A" 0 times. Instead, it sends it 1 time!!

[trancexx 888]

You expected?

Help file is clear: "The key will be send at least once even if the count is zero."

[Imbuter2000 0]

You expected?

Help file is clear: "The key will be send at least once even if the count is zero."

Ah, ok, I didn't notice it because that sentence was below and spaced...

Anyway, I had a bug in a script because of this.

Wouldn't it be more developer's friendly to consider 0 as 0?

Do you prefer the 0 to act as 1?

[JohnOne 1,541]

Instead of

send("{A 0}")

You could try

Or test it

For $i = 10 To 0 Step -1
    If $i = 0 Then
        ExitLoop
    EndIf
    Send($i)
Next

Edited June 20, 2011 by JohnOne

[Imbuter2000 0]

Instead of

send("{A 0}")

You could try

Yeah but I use it with a variable that can be 0 and in this case it should send it 0 times (no times).

I can add an If statement but... I must also try to remember this strange thing for the future... and I don't have good memory...

[trancexx 888]

Yeah but I use it with a variable that can be 0 and in this case it should send it 0 times (no times).

I can add an If statement but... I must also try to remember this strange thing for the future... and I don't have good memory...

You are to obey the rules of the language you use. Nothing more or less. Otherwise you are misusing it and that's bad regardless of the state of your memory.

[Imbuter2000 0]

You are to obey the rules of the language you use. Nothing more or less. Otherwise you are misusing it and that's bad regardless of the state of your memory.

Should I fully ready the help page before doing subtractions like 1-1 or 2-2 to see if there are exceptions?

Maybe it can be expressly stated that 1-1=1 or 2-2=1, in this language...

[BrewManNH 971]

You should read the help file when using a command for the first time. Also, if it doesn't work as expected, reread the help file and see if you did something wrong, or you're assuming something because you didn't read the help file thoroughly enough.

This is a case of the latter, you expected something to work one way, when the help file states it works another way, yes it's buried in there but it's right after the section that explains how to send multiple instances of the same key stroke.

[Imbuter2000 0]

The fact is that it happened that I created a program for a customer, she encountered a strange and wrong behavior of my program and I lost more than 1 hour and my reputation (because of the bug of my program) to research the problem, until I found that the cause was that when the quantity variable was 0 it didn't send 0 TAB key (as I wanted).

I just read the first lines of the help on this command, thinking that it was so easy in the concept that didn't need further reading.

If I have to fully read the help for all I would take 3x time to create scripts... and I liked AutoIt instead of Visual Basic because of its easiness and speed in programming...

[whim 1]

@Imbuter2000

Right... and I assume you'd also sue your local hardware store if you hit your thumb with a hammer ?

[BrewManNH 971]

If I have to fully read the help for all I would take 3x time to create scripts... and I liked AutoIt instead of Visual Basic because of its easiness and speed in programming...

Well, you must have read as far as the section that explains how to send multiple keypresses I'm guessing? Otherwise, how would you have known the proper format for the code? Because, it doesn't mention that functionality until that section, which is quite far down the description, plus the example doesn't show it. You just needed to read one more line and you would have found it.

[Imbuter2000 0]

Well, you must have read as far as the section that explains how to send multiple keypresses I'm guessing? Otherwise, how would you have known the proper format for the code? Because, it doesn't mention that functionality until that section, which is quite far down the description, plus the example doesn't show it. You just needed to read one more line and you would have found it.

That page is a very long page and as soon as I've read these two lines I thought that I understood the command and didn't read other paragraphs:

Send("{DEL 4}") ;Presses the DEL key 4 times

Send("{S 30}") ;Sends 30 'S' characters

I tested it with some numbers, it worked, I immediately used it.

I'm not going to sue anyone, I'm now just trying to understand why you prefer 0 = 1 and 1 = 1 and 2 = 2 ... and to not suggest a change to 0 = 0 and 1 = 1 and 2 = 2 ...

[BrewManNH 971]

You can always put in a feature request in the Bug Tracker to have it changed.

[iamtheky 570]

I could understand an issue due to "that book is a very long book" or even "that chapter was a very long chapter" but

That page is a very long page

Edited June 20, 2011 by iamtheky

[trancexx 888]

That page is a very long page and as soon as I've read these two lines I thought that I understood the command and didn't read other paragraphs:

Send("{DEL 4}") ;Presses the DEL key 4 times

Send("{S 30}") ;Sends 30 'S' characters

I tested it with some numbers, it worked, I immediately used it.

I'm not going to sue anyone, I'm now just trying to understand why you prefer 0 = 1 and 1 = 1 and 2 = 2 ... and to not suggest a change to 0 = 0 and 1 = 1 and 2 = 2 ...

The logic could be: 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, ...

Anything else is invalid and will be treated as 1 (e.g. try -123)

[JohnOne 1,541]

Should I fully ready the help page before doing subtractions like 1-1 or 2-2 to see if there are exceptions?

Maybe it can be expressly stated that 1-1=1 or 2-2=1, in this language...

For the record and any newbies reading this thread

1-1 = 0 in any language.

[Fubarable 1]

I think I lost some IQ points just reading this thread!

[monoscout999 9]

I think I lost some IQ points just reading this thread!

me too.... -.- I think that noone can blame something that is free and comes whit his own rules... for logic and justice ask for god... man and his creations have their own rules that always was that way and always will be that way

[Imbuter2000 0]

For the record and any newbies reading this thread

1-1 = 0 in any language.

[alter ego mode = on] How can you be sure? did you read all the help page of AutoIt related to math operators to see if there are exceptions in AutoIt? [alter ego mode = off]

[Imbuter2000 0]

The logic could be: 1=1, 2=2, 3=3, 4=4, ...

Anything else is invalid and will be treated as 1 (e.g. try -123)

I would find more logic <1=error then, like when you do 1/0.