Dynamic assignment

Kevin_Bailey

Hi-

I am working in Oscript and would like to do something like:

String Action = "View"

Integer code = 0

code = $Audit(Action)

In other words I would like

code = $AuditView

Where that value is a global value out there. I do not want to have to write a massive case statement.

Is this possible?

Thanks!

Kevin

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sıɹɥɔ

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Hi Kevin,

Using the dollar symbol with a string variable is not documented as being part of the OScript language, however there are numerous occurrences in the code base that do use this syntax. The most "famous" occurrence is in the definition of LLNodes. The __Init for these objects has:

$( "Type" + .OSName ) = .fSubtype

This, for example, is how the object named "Document" with .fSubtype value of144 gets $TypeDocument defined. And so on for all LLNodes in the system.

I'm not in Development but I think you're safe to use this same syntax and assume OScript will always have this feature. (Excuse the pun. :-)

In your particular case I think you might be looking for:

code = $("Audit" + Action)

or something like that.

Hope this helps,

-chris

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Dynamic assignment

Posted by kbailey@opentext.com (Bailey, Kevin) On 05-11-2012 12:45

Hi- I am working in Oscript and would like to do something like: String Action = "View"Integer code = 0 code = $Audit(Action) In other words I would like code = $AuditView Where that value is a global value out there. I do not want to have to write a massive case statement. Is this possible? Thanks! Kevin

Carsten_Kulms

What is documented is the "Global" builtin what implements the functionality behind. The example code = $("Audit" + Action)could be written as code = Global.Application( "Audit" + Action )That you can use $ is just "syntactic sugar" :-)

Kevin_Bailey

awesome guys! I appreciate the quick response. I implemented a switch statement, but this will be a much better solution.

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Posted byckulms@opentext.com (Kulms, Carsten) On 05-11-2012 15:28

What is documented is the "Global" builtin what implements the functionality behind.
The example

code = $("Audit" + Action)

could be written as

code = Global.Application( "Audit" + Action )

That you can use $ is just "syntactic sugar" :-)

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