Can anyone help me please?

[williamray507]

Ok so I am trying to set 2 variables in my script, the first one is $var1 and it gets that from the clipboard then the second $var2 grabs the first 4 characters from the first one and then I want to do one of two things based on that variable but it isn’t working. if I leave it as it is below then the Syntax Check passes but they don't do what it is supposed to do. Any help would be great.

$var1 = ClipGet ()
$var2 = StringLeft ( $var1, 4 )

If $var2 = "BOB1" or "BOB2" or "BOB3" Then
    MsgBox ( 0, "It is Bob", "It is Bob" )
Else
    MsgBox ( 0, "Not Bob", "Not Bob" )
EndIf

If have it like this then it errors out:

$var1 = ClipGet ()
$var2 = StringLeft ( $var1, 4 )

If $var2 = BOB1 or BOB2 or BOB3 Then
    MsgBox ( 0, "It is Bob", "It is Bob" )
Else
    MsgBox ( 0, "Not Bob", "Not Bob" )
EndIf

ERROR: syntax error
If $var2 = BOB1 or
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^

[water]

You have to write it this way:

$var1 = ClipGet()
$var2 = StringLeft($var1, 4)

If $var2 = "BOB1" or $var2 = "BOB2" or $var2 = "BOB3" Then
    MsgBox(0, "It is Bob", "It is Bob" )
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Not Bob", "Not Bob" )
EndIf

[dv8]

The code in your fist example works fine.

Note that in order for your IF to succeed, the content in your clipboard needs to match not only the characters but their case as well.

So if you have "bob1 bla bla" in the clipboard, the IF check will fail.

If you have "BOB1 bla bla" in the clipboard, the IF check will succeed.

EDIT: WATER is right. I tested only with BOB1 and it worked for me... But my notes are still true...

Edited December 2, 2011 by dv8

[williamray507]

You have to write it this way:

$var1 = ClipGet()
$var2 = StringLeft($var1, 4)

If $var2 = "BOB1" or $var2 = "BOB2" or $var2 = "BOB3" Then
    MsgBox(0, "It is Bob", "It is Bob" )
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Not Bob", "Not Bob" )
EndIf

The code in your fist example works fine.

Note that in order for your IF to succeed, the content in your clipboard needs to match not only the characters but their case as well.

So if you have "bob1 bla bla" in the clipboard, the IF check will fail.

If you have "BOB1 bla bla" in the clipboard, the IF check will succeed.

EDIT: WATER is right. I tested only with BOB1 and it worked for me... But my notes are still true...

Thank you both for your help. It is now working the way I want it to. And dv8 thanks for the heads up on the case of the characters, I did not know that either.

Thanks,

Bill

[JohnOne]

You could also write it like this.

$var1 = ClipGet()
$var2 = StringLeft($var1, 4)
Switch $var2
    Case "BOB1", "BOB2", "BOB3"
        MsgBox(0, "It is Bob", "It is Bob" )
    Case Else
        MsgBox(0, "Not Bob", "Not Bob" )
EndSwitch