Same word, 2 different StringLen results

[Bert]

Ok, I've been working on this for a while now, and I do not understand why this is happening.

You have a ini file ($inifile = @ScriptDir & "/temp/usage.ini") The ini is named with the following information:

[John Smith]
1=User1

Now when you run this script, select the name from the combo. If you have the INI setup right, the 3 input fields will populate with the data from the ini.

Click the OK button.

I made a msgbox to show the problem. The stringsplit will show the stringlen being 4, while $InputGUI_ControlREAD_2 will show it being 5. When you do a count, it should be 4. What am I missing here?

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#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <String.au3> 

Dim $string0
DIM $string1
DIM $inifile = @ScriptDir & "/temp/usage.ini"
DIM $InputGUI_ControlREAD_1
DIM $InputGUI_ControlREAD_2
DIM $InputGUI_Input_2
DIM $InputGUI_Input_3
_getnamelist()
_Get_Name_At_Start()

Func _Get_Name_At_Start()
    $InputGUI = GUICreate("Enter you name or select your name from the list", 410, 205, 193, 115)
    ;$InputGUI_Icon     = GUISetIcon("I:\autoit scrips\icons\97.ico")
    $InputGUI_Label_0 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Select your name if listed", 16, 4, 252, 17)
    $InputGUI_list_0 = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 16, 20, 353, 24)
    GUICtrlSetData($InputGUI_list_0, $string1)
    $InputGUI_Label_1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Screen name if available", 16, 48, 352, 17)
    $InputGUI_Input_1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 16, 64, 353, 21)
    $InputGUI_Label_2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("First name", 16, 88, 52, 17)
    $InputGUI_Input_2 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 16, 104, 353, 21)
    $InputGUI_Label_3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Last Name", 16, 132, 55, 17)
    $InputGUI_Input_3 = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 16, 148, 353, 21)
    $InputGUI_Button_1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Ok", 16, 177, 89, 25, 0)
    $InputGUI_Button_2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel", 152, 177, 89, 25, 0)
    $InputGUI_Button_3 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 296, 177, 73, 25, 0)
    GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $InputGUI)

    While 1
        $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
        Switch $nMsg
            Case $InputGUI_Button_3, $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                Exit
            Case $InputGUI_list_0
                $picklist_select        = GUICtrlRead   ($InputGUI_list_0)
                $stringlen_picklist     = stringlen     ($picklist_select)
                $inireadhandle          = IniRead       ($inifile, $picklist_select, '1', "")
                                          GUICtrlSetData($InputGUI_Input_1, $inireadhandle)
                $splitname              = StringSplit   ($picklist_select, " ")
                                          GUICtrlSetData($InputGUI_Input_2, $splitname[1])
                                          GUICtrlSetData($InputGUI_Input_3, $splitname[2])
                
            Case $InputGUI_Button_1
                ;name from pick list has match from inireadsections
                ;name is new
                ;name is updated
                ;name is in error
                $InputGUI_ControlREAD_1 = GUICtrlRead($InputGUI_Input_1)
                $InputGUI_ControlREAD_2 = GUICtrlRead($InputGUI_Input_2)
                $InputGUI_ControlREAD_3 = GUICtrlRead($InputGUI_Input_3)
                $StringLenFirstName     = StringLen  ($InputGUI_ControlREAD_2)
                $StringLenLastName      = StringLen  ($InputGUI_ControlREAD_3)
                $picklist_select        = GUICtrlRead($InputGUI_list_0)

                If $StringLenFirstName  > 0 And $StringLenLastName > 0 And $stringlen_picklist > 0 Then ;first, last, and picklist have data
                    $InputGUI_ControlREAD_2 = _Cleanup($InputGUI_ControlREAD_2, True) ;removes " " from name
                    $InputGUI_ControlREAD_3 = _Cleanup($InputGUI_ControlREAD_3, True) ;removes " " from name
                    _getnamelist()  ;$string1 is the array that is made into a string
                    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
                    ;checks to see if picklist and ini data have a match
                    $len                    = StringLen($InputGUI_ControlREAD_2&" "&$InputGUI_ControlREAD_3)
                    $len2                   = StringLeft($string1, $len)                   
                    $stringcheck            = StringInStr($string1, $len2)
                    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
                    ;split the first and last name from the ini
                    if $InputGUI_ControlREAD_1 <> 0 then 
                        $splitname              = StringSplit($picklist_select, " ")
                    endif   
                    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
                                        ;msgbox showing the problem. How can the strings be 2 different lengths?
                    MsgBox(0, "",$splitname[1]& @crlf _
                    &"Lenth of split for first name: "&StringLen($splitname[1])& @CRLF _
                    &$InputGUI_ControlREAD_2& @crlf _
                    &"Lenth of name from control: "&StringLen($InputGUI_ControlREAD_2)
                Else
                    IniWrite($inifile, $InputGUI_ControlREAD_2 & " " & $InputGUI_ControlREAD_3, '1', $InputGUI_ControlREAD_1)
                    GUIDelete($InputGUI)
                    ExitLoop
                EndIf
            Case $InputGUI_Button_2
                $InputGUI_Question = MsgBox(36, "Exit?", "Do you wish to exit?")
                If $InputGUI_Question = 6 Then
                    GUIDelete($InputGUI)
                    _exit()
                EndIf
            Case $InputGUI_Button_3
                GUIDelete($InputGUI)
                _exit()
        EndSwitch
    WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>_Get_Name_At_Start

Func _Cleanup($iName, $Space = False)
    $iName = StringReplace($iName, " ", "")
    If $Space Then $iName &= " "
    Return _StringProper($iName)
EndFunc   ;==>_Cleanup

Func _getnamelist()
    $var = IniReadSectionNames($inifile)
    If @error Then
        ConsoleWrite("Error occurred, probably no INI file.")
    Else
        $string0 = _ArrayToString($var)
        $pipecheck = StringInStr($string0, "|")
        $string1 = StringTrimLeft($string0, $pipecheck)
    EndIf
    Return $string1
EndFunc   ;==>_getnamelist

Func _exit()
    Exit
EndFunc   ;==>_exit

[DeeRiee]

I pressed the OK button, but...

Au3Check Errors

C:\Documents and Settings\AutoIt Scripter\Desktop\testforum.au3(80,87) : ERROR: syntax error
                    &"Lenth of name from control: "&StringLen($InputGUI_ControlREAD_2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
C:\Documents and Settings\AutoIt Scripter\Desktop\testforum.au3(82,125) : ERROR: MsgBox() [built-in] called with wrong number of args.
                    IniWrite($inifile, $InputGUI_ControlREAD_2 & " " & $InputGUI_ControlREAD_3, '1', $InputGUI_ControlREAD_1)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
C:\Documents and Settings\AutoIt Scripter\Desktop\testforum.au3 - 2 error(s), 0 warning(s)

If i continue, no message box, but exiting

[ResNullius]

Ok, I've been working on this for a while now, and I do not understand why this is happening.

You have a ini file ($inifile = @ScriptDir & "/temp/usage.ini") The ini is named with the following information:

[John Smith]
1=User1

Now when you run this script, select the name from the combo. If you have the INI setup right, the 3 input fields will populate with the data from the ini.

Click the OK button.

I made a msgbox to show the problem. The stringsplit will show the stringlen being 4, while $InputGUI_ControlREAD_2 will show it being 5. When you do a count, it should be 4. What am I missing here?

Looks llike you're calling your _Cleanup function with the $space parameter set to True.

According to your _Cleanup()

If $Space Then $iName &= " "

So the String length is being increased there!