[Solved] variable in string?

[meokey]

Is it possible to make the following work? Thanks.

; test

$inifile="test.ini"
IniWrite($inifile, "English", "string1", '"There is a(an) " & $var & " in the box."')

dim $aaa
$var="apple"
Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)

Edited April 3, 2009 by meokey

[Authenticity]

$var = "apple" has to be declared or assigned before using it.

; test

Dim $aaa, $var="apple", $inifile="test.ini"

IniWrite($inifile, "English", "string1", "There is a " & $var & " in the box.")

;Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
$aaa = IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", "")
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)

Edited April 3, 2009 by Authenticity

[meokey]

Thanks for replying, but sorry I didn't make myself clear.

I want to put $var into the string, and assign it LATER when I know what's $var. OK, I modify the code a little:

; test

$inifile="test.ini"
IniWrite($inifile, "English", "string1", '"There is a(an) " & $var & " in the box."')

dim $aaa
$var="apple"
Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)
$var="pear"
Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)

Edited April 3, 2009 by meokey

[Jos]

How about:

; test

$inifile="test.ini"
IniWrite($inifile, "English", "string1", '"There is a(an) $var in the box."')

dim $aaa
$var="apple"
$aaa = StringReplace(IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""),"$var",$var)
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)
$var="pear"
$aaa = StringReplace(IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""),"$var",$var)
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)

[martin]

Thanks for replying, but sorry I didn't make myself clear.

I want to put $var into the string, and assign it LATER when I know what's $var. OK, I modify the code a little:

; test
 
 $inifile="test.ini"
 IniWrite($inifile, "English", "string1", '"There is a(an) " & $var & " in the box."')
 
 dim $aaa
 $var="apple"
 Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
 MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)
 $var="pear"
 Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
 MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)

; test
OPt("ExpandVarStrings",1);<--see the help for explanation
$inifile="test.ini"
$variablename = "var"
IniWrite($inifile, "English", "string1", "There is a(an) $" & $variablename & "$ in the box.")

dim $aaa
$var="apple"

Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)
$var="pear"
Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)

[meokey]

Thanks Martin and Jos. This is exactly what I want.

; test
OPt("ExpandVarStrings",1);<--see the help for explanation
$inifile="test.ini"
$variablename = "var"
IniWrite($inifile, "English", "string1", "There is a(an) $" & $variablename & "$ in the box.")

dim $aaa
$var="apple"

Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)
$var="pear"
Assign("aaa",IniRead($inifile,"English","string1", ""))
MsgBox(0, "", $aaa)

Edited April 3, 2009 by meokey