If statement based on the beginning of the string.

[Troubleshooter5000]

I want to run an if statement based on the first 2 characters of the computer name and nothing else. The kicker is that the first 2 characters could exist elsewhere in the computer name.  That presents a problem when I want to generalize this script and not worry about the entire computer name. For example, I want my if statement to function something like this.

• If computer name starts with “AB”, then do Thing1.
• ElseIf computer name starts with “CD”, then do Thing2.
• ElseIf computer name starts with “EF”, then do Thing3.
• EndIf.

I already have a script to perform this task but it only looks for if the string contains the characters, not starts with. Here’s the actual code:

If StringInStr ( @computername , "AB" ) Then
    RunWait ( Thing1 )

ElseIf  StringInStr ( @computername , "CD" ) Then
    RunWait ( Thing2 )

ElseIf  StringInStr ( @computername , "EF" ) Then
    RunWait ( Thing3 )

EndIf

This presents a problem when the list of computers I run this on looks like this:

• ABAB1234
• CDAB1234
• EFCD1234

How can I write a script that looks for only the first 2 characters of the computer name? Should I just break down and use AutoIt to run a batch file instead?

Edited December 21, 2020 by Troubleshooter5000

[Jos]

StringLeft()?  

[Musashi]

8 hours ago, Troubleshooter5000 said:

How can I write a script that looks for only the first 2 characters of the computer name?

Switch StringLeft(@ComputerName, 2)
    Case "AB"
        ; RunWait(Thing1)
    Case "CD"
        ; RunWait(Thing2)
    Case "EF"
        ; RunWait(Thing3)
    Case Else
        ConsoleWrite('! >>> Computername not found' & @CRLF)
EndSwitch