[Solved] Convert with variable

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redfield
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[Solved] Convert with variable

Post by redfield » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:32 am

Hi All,
I would like to know why the following code results in expected "4:15 PM":

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convert "09:15 AM" to dateItems
add 7 to item 4 of it
convert it to time
Whereas this code:

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put "09:15 AM" into varTime
convert varTime to dateItems
add 7 to item 4 of it
convert it to time
results in ",,,7". So it seems that I can't throw the time string "09:15 AM" into a variable and then convert it?
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Re: Convert with variable

Post by Klaus » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:44 am

Hi Redfield,

in your first example you do not use a variable, so LC puts everything into IT.
The second example actually uses a variable, so you need to do this, too, of course! :-)
This works:

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...
put "09:15 AM" into varTime
convert varTime to dateItems
add 7 to item 4 of varTime
convert varTime to time
put varTime
## -> 4:15 PM
...
Best

Klaus

SparkOut
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Re: Convert with variable

Post by SparkOut » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:46 am

Yes you can. But step through your code in the debugger and see the value of the it variable.
When you convert the variable varTime, there is no "it" variable - the converted value is in the varTime variable already.

You can either

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   put "09:15 AM" into varTime
   convert varTime to dateItems
   add 7 to item 4 of varTime
   convert varTime to time
   put varTime
or

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   put "09:15 AM" into varTime
   convert varTime to dateItems
   get varTime
   add 7 to item 4 of it
   convert it to time
   put it

SparkOut
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Re: Convert with variable

Post by SparkOut » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:47 am

Why do I always get outklaussed? :roll: :lol:

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Re: Convert with variable

Post by Klaus » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:56 am

SparkOut wrote:
Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:47 am
Why do I always get outklaussed? :roll: :lol:
This is a rhetorical question, right? :D

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Re: Convert with variable

Post by SparkOut » Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:16 am

Of course! You're obviously much klaussier than me!

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Re: Convert with variable

Post by bogs » Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:11 pm

SparkOut wrote:
Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:47 am
Why do I always get outklaussed? :roll: :lol:
Huh, I didn't even make it to the gate~!
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Re: Convert with variable

Post by sritcp » Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:47 pm

One of these days, Klaus is going to answer a question before it is asked!

redfield
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Re: Convert with variable

Post by redfield » Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:54 pm

Thanks guys, can't believe that I didn't see this :? .

Have run into my next problem and again not getting it :oops: . Field fHours contains 10 and field fMinutes 15. I am expecting the output: 10:15 AM. But this code is giving me a strange output:

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put fld "fHours" & ":" & fld "fMinutes" & " AM" into varTime
answer varTime
Output:
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Re: Convert with variable

Post by Klaus » Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:03 pm

Script is coprrect, but are you really sure that fields "fHours" and "fMinutes" contain what you think they contain? Check for empty lines etc.

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Re: Convert with variable

Post by redfield » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:01 pm

Weird, I thought I had checked this but seemingly there were still several carriage returns in one field. Looks okay now. :D

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