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Carol L. (2 posts)

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Thu 18 Aug 2011 07:07 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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Want to find a variable in a string. The variable changes.

volume = GetFieldValue("sqltable", "sqlfield")

if string.find(header.InnerText, "vol.(volume) Barcode:", "") ~= nil then
local bcode = string.gsub(header.InnerText, "vol.(volume) Barcode:", "");
SetFieldValue("sqltable", "othersqlfield", bcode);
end

I am not doing something right here. How do I put the variable 'volume' in the pattern?

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Posted by Fiendish USA (849 posts) bio Global Moderator

Date Reply #1 on Thu 18 Aug 2011 09:04 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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instead of

"vol.(volume) Barcode:"

try

"vol.("..volume..") Barcode:"

http://aardwolfclientpackage.googlecode.com/

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Carol L. (2 posts)

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Reply #2 on Fri 19 Aug 2011 01:39 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

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Thanks! Just started trying to teach myself Lua for work apps. Much appreciated.

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