Using Variables in Elements breaks Code

[Bot-Factory 602]

Hi Guys,

 

I just noticed an annoying bug. Happens in V5 and V4 as well.

Just wanted to check in with you guys to see if others face the same issue?

 

When you use something like:

 alert($scrape attribute(<href=w"{#searchpattern}">, "href"))

 

You can add that in Code view. Switch to node view and everythig works perfectly well.

 

But as soon as you switch from Node view to Code view again, the ubot code get's changed to:

 alert($scrape attribute(<href=w#searchpattern>, "href"))

 

So {} get's removed.

 

Never experienced that issue before. 

 

Does someone know a workaround for this problem?

 

Thanks

Dan

 

Tracker:

http://tracker.ubotstudio.com/issues/524

 

 

[UBotDev 276]

"$element from text" was added just for that reason.

[Bot-Factory 602]

"$element from text" was added just for that reason.

Cool. Yes, that working fine. 

 

But isn't it a bit strange that we need another command? instead of just supporting variables in the elements field directly? 

 

Dan

[UBotDev 276]

I've actually requested a solution for that a while ago since before there was no way to achieve that, so it doesn't bother me until it works; but yeah, I agree, it would be more user friendly that way.

[Bot-Factory 602]

Strange thing is,

 

if you do something like:

alert($scrape attribute(<href=w"X{#searchpattern}">, "href"))

 

it works. 

Only if {variable} is directly between "" then it doesn't work.

 

Dan

[Code Docta (Nick C.) 638]

I use this for REGEX/

 

maybe it will work for you too.

 

alert($curlies for RECEX(5))
define $curlies for RECEX(#input) {
    set(#F_left_curly, "\{", "Global")
    set(#F_right_curly, "\}", "Global")
    return("{#F_left_curly}{#input}{#F_right_curly}")
}

[giganut 109]

Yup I have had that problem, I was building a very large bot and switched to code view and

then back again and it messed the whole bot up. Unfortunately I saved in the proses and lost

a lot of work + some.