How auto complete String with a 6 digit Pad?

[boniakowski]

Hi, i need your help, i have a simple problem to resolve but my mind it´s stucked.

my serach in all the autoit forum don´t have any good result.

well this is my problem:

i have a computername random, the name its taked from the mac address of the lan board and always keep the first 6 digits but of course change someones at the last, but i don´t know how to make for autocomplete the last digits of the string to compare with the name taked from the actual computer name.

this is an example of my script.

$Nombre=RegRead("HKLM64\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ComputerName\ActiveComputerName", "ComputerName")
$Nombrenuevo=RegRead("HKLM64\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName", "ComputerName")
;THE RESULT OF $NOMBRE IS: abcdef123456

if $Nombre="abcdef######";here must autocomplete the rest of string from abcdef because ###### change the last 6 digits random, but always keep the first 6 digits (abcdef)
    then
    MsgBox(0,"",$Nombre & "Is correct"
Else
    MsgBox(0,"",$Nombre & "Is wrong, you need modify this"
    EndIf

any sugestion it welcome.

thank you for your help.

Christian.

[JLogan3o13]

If it is random each time, you can't hard code it. What about checking just the first (static) part of the string?

If StringLeft($Nombre, 6) = "abcdef" Then
    ;
Else
    ;
EndIf

[jchd]

StringLeft seems to be your friend with this.

Argh, faster keyboard won.

[boniakowski]

 

If it is random each time, you can't hard code it. What about checking just the first (static) part of the string?

If StringLeft($Nombre, 6) = "abcdef" Then
    ;
Else
    ;
EndIf

Thank you very much JLogan3o13, sometimes its so simple, but my mind was stucked. i look for strininstr, and some more, but never see down.

thanks too jchd with your assistance.

I appreciate the help I always get on this site, many thanks to all...