Dynamically create Globals

[Edano]

Au3Check understands Assign, it just doesn't understand what is being assigned, and there's a lot of times that it would be impossible for it to understand what is being assigned to what. As an example...

For $I = 1 to 10
    Assign("Dog" & $I, 12 + $I)
Next

If you were to try and refer to the variable $Dog3, au3check would throw an undeclared variable error, because it can't know what "Dog" & $i equals at runtime. Obviously, AutoIt will understand what $Dog3 is because you've assigned it previously. It's the same logic as (for example) FileInstall and using anything other than a literal path and/or filename on the left side of the function, because at compile time the variable doesn't mean anything to the compiler.

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yes that makes sense. thank you for the explanation.

so, for autoit, the syntax is correct, that's why it runs without error when i doubleclick my au3 file (run without check) ?

E.

Edited August 2, 2013 by Edano

[kylomas]

bobh,

If you have been following this thread I think you get the gist.  Let me offer you these suggestions (as The Saint alluded to):

1 - Define what you are trying to do as explicitly as possible

2 - Show what you've tried so far (as you did in the OP)

I think you'll find that as your "project" takes form it is nothing like you envisioned when you started.

kylomas

[bobh]

Thanks for the comments. What's happening now makes sense! Now I know that it's "Au3Check" that's really requiring the predefined variable because it cannot possibly understand what I'm doing with "Assign". Since I don't want to shut "Au3Check" off, I'll have to live with it.

Thanks for straightening me out.