poila 2 Posted May 7, 2014 Hi, relatively new to AutoIt but has done some programming prior to learning AutoIt. Got stumped by this statement during my code review of a previous worker's AutoIt script. Normally, as with all other previous programming languages, this statement seems simple enough: $hPopup = MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Title 1", "Insert text here") But what made me confused is, how does the following make sense? If 6 = MsgBox($MB_TOPMOST + 68, "Title 2", "Insert more text here") Then ExitLoop EndIf How is it possible to assignment to a fixed number (6) with a call to a function? Shouldn't it be assigning to a variable? When I ran that script, it could run without compile errors. I have touched things like Javascript, C# and C++ before, and from past experiences, I am surprised how in AutoIt this script seems syntactically correct. Can anyone please enlighten me on this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnOne 1,598 Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) In AutoIt "=" is not always an assignment operator, the interpreter knows it's a comparison. EDIT: In other words it's a very loosely typed scripting language. Edited May 7, 2014 by JohnOne Hide JohnOne's signature Hide all signatures AutoIt Absolute Beginners Require a serial Pause Script Video Tutorials by Morthawt ipify Monkey's are, like, natures humans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poila 2 Posted May 8, 2014 Hi JohnOne, I am actually aware that within the If statement for Autoit, = can be used to test for equality instead of assignment. But what I think I got into confusion is that I might be more used to seeing this format for comparing: variable_name [comparing_operator] value_or_variable as opposed to what I am seeing: fixed_value [comparing_operator] variable Does that mean that in AutoIt, the order of how the variables/values are placed is loose too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrewManNH 1,247 Posted May 8, 2014 In answer to your question, the answer is yes, it doesn't matter which side of the comparison operator you have them. Hide BrewManNH's signature Hide all signatures If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way!I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from.Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
