jmichae3 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 autoit doesn't work auto-interchangeably with Numbers and strings. to do the parsing I do, I have to work 1 char at a time or handle a whole integer string. it might be in the middle of 2/2/2013 23:59:59.123 or 5 minutes for instance. so I have a problem. as soon as I do $ch=stringmid($str,$i,1) and it happens to be a "5" in 5min for instance, it converts the "5" to a Number. from then on, I can't process the string as a string and append chars with &= and have it still come out as a string, it comes out as a number as soon as it hits a digit during lexing. is there a workaround to force it to be a string? if I want something to be a Number() or Int() I can always use those functions, but this is interfering with my kitchentimer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelslamet Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 $str = "5min" $ch = stringmid($str,1,1) $ch &= "sec" Msgbox(0,"",$ch) ; will display "5sec" WinXP, AutoIT 3.8.8.1 Seems working "right" on my system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixXL Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) there is also a function, String() for converting numbers to string. You may find it helpful. EDIT: It seems I have some misunderstanding, because I'm always in the same scenario but never faced any such problem. It would be better if you show the code( or reproducer ). Edited September 26, 2013 by PhoenixXL My code: PredictText: Predict Text of an Edit Control Like Scite. Remote Gmail: Execute your Scripts through Gmail. StringRegExp:Share and learn RegExp.Run As System: A command line wrapper around PSEXEC.exe to execute your apps scripts as System (LSA). Database: An easier approach for _SQ_LITE beginners. MathsEx: A UDF for Fractions and LCM, GCF/HCF. FloatingText: An UDF for make your text floating. Clipboard Extendor: A clipboard monitoring tool. Custom ScrollBar: Scroll Bar made with GDI+, user can use bitmaps instead. RestrictEdit_SRE: Restrict text in an Edit Control through a Regular Expression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchd Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 autoit doesn't work auto-interchangeably with Numbers and strings. to do the parsing I do, I have to work 1 char at a time or handle a whole integer string. it might be in the middle of 2/2/2013 23:59:59.123 or 5 minutes for instance. so I have a problem. as soon as I do $ch=stringmid($str,$i,1) and it happens to be a "5" in 5min for instance, it converts the "5" to a Number. from then on, I can't process the string as a string and append chars with &= and have it still come out as a string, it comes out as a number as soon as it hits a digit during lexing. is there a workaround to force it to be a string? if I want something to be a Number() or Int() I can always use those functions, but this is interfering with my kitchentimer. Do you have actual sample reproducing code causing issue or is it just out of the blue? This wonderful site allows debugging and testing regular expressions (many flavors available). An absolute must have in your bookmarks.Another excellent RegExp tutorial. Don't forget downloading your copy of up-to-date pcretest.exe and pcregrep.exe hereRegExp tutorial: enough to get startedPCRE v8.33 regexp documentation latest available release and currently implemented in AutoIt beta. SQLitespeed is another feature-rich premier SQLite manager (includes import/export). Well worth a try.SQLite Expert (freeware Personal Edition or payware Pro version) is a very useful SQLite database manager.An excellent eBook covering almost every aspect of SQLite3: a must-read for anyone doing serious work.SQL tutorial (covers "generic" SQL, but most of it applies to SQLite as well)A work-in-progress SQLite3 tutorial. Don't miss other LxyzTHW pages!SQLite official website with full documentation (may be newer than the SQLite library that comes standard with AutoIt) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmichae3 Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 (edited) language conversion bug of mine, never mind I think. I was converting from js, and js uses + for string concat. autoit uses + to turn a char into a number interestingly enough. but I used the wrong op. so many times it's just me. I thought I had converted the code OK, but... :-/ sorry guys. thanks for the help. normally I just lose hair... funny, it's laying at my keyboard :-) Edited September 26, 2013 by jmichae3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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