Zugg Software :: View topic - Local vars in multi-state triggers?

Wanderer Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 71

Is it possible to use local variables in multi-state triggers, preserving them across state changes? I'm not sure about the actual scoping of these persistent but segmented objects, or how to incorporate the variable definitions into the xml.

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:30 am

well.. yes and no
local variables will need to be redefined in each state they get used in, but with the %t1-%t99 variables, you should be able to access the various patterns from previous states

Wanderer Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 71

the %t1-99 variables are what I'm after. Won't they get overwritten by backreferences in each successive state?

For example, pattern1 matches "foo" and saves to %t1.
Then pattern2 matches "bar" - will this be saved to %t2, or overwrite %t1?

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

The %t# variables are cumulative. If you have 3 wildcards in the first state, the first wildcard in the second state will be saved to %t4 (and %1, within that state).

Wanderer Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 71

Thanks. I read about the %t vars in the helpfile, but didn't understand it right away, and couldn't find the reference again.

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:14 am

its in the predefined variables section... there is a link to it on #HELP #TRIGGER, or you can search for it

Wanderer Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 71

found it, thanks again.