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redfield
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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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redfield on Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Klaus
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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
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SparkOut
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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
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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
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SparkOut
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by SparkOut » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:47 am
Why do I always get outklaussed?

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Klaus
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by Klaus » Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:56 am
SparkOut wrote: ↑Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:47 am
Why do I always get outklaussed?

This is a rhetorical question, right?

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SparkOut
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by SparkOut » Sat Jun 08, 2019 11:16 am
Of course! You're obviously much klaussier than me!
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bogs
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by bogs » Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:11 pm
SparkOut wrote: ↑Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:47 am
Why do I always get outklaussed?
Huh, I didn't even make it to the gate~!
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sritcp
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by sritcp » Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:47 pm
One of these days, Klaus is going to answer a question before it is asked!
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redfield
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by redfield » Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:54 pm
Thanks guys, can't believe that I didn't see this

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Have run into my next problem and again not getting it

. 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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Klaus
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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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redfield
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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.
