[JW Lua] JWLua Digest, Vol 88, Issue 5

[Jacob Winkler]

Robert, that 'Optional' field seems to lose any carriage returns I put in between opening. So if I put in

tacet_text = "TACET"
al_fine_text = "tacet al fine"

When I open after restarting Finale I get:
tacet_text = "TACET"al_fine_text = "tacet al fine"

For this particular script it's not a huge deal, but for setting up anything with a high degree of customization that could end up being really problematic. Is there any way to fix that behavior?

-Jake

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Yep! Both solutions worked:
tacet_text = tacet_text or "TACET"

is what I I used here, but the other method with ' if == nil then ' also worked.


Thanks Robert!
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This may also work in your script instead of the if statement. Not sure.
But if it does I'd like to know.

tacet_text = tacet_text or "TACET"



On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 3:21 PM Robert Patterson
wrote:

> I don't think you need a local variable at all. In your script write
>
> if tacet_text == nil then
> tacet_text = "TACET'
> end
>
> In your prefix write:
>
> tacet_text = "IT WORKS!"
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 2:02 PM Jacob Winkler
> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks, and by folks I may mean mostly Robert Patterson, can anyone
>> offer some advice on how to use the new 'Optional' field in RGP Lua? It
>> seems like the perfect place for a user to store their own custom
>> variables, but I'm having a little difficulty with it.
>>
>> In the screenshot below, you can see that I am successfully setting up my
>> 'user variable'. However, I want the script to not RELY on the presence of
>> the user variable, I want it to work no matter what. To that end, I set up
>> an if/then that tests to see if my user variable is nil. If it is not nil,
>> then the script will use its value. If it IS nil, then it will use another
>> value that I have hard coded. Seems like it should work... But it doesn't.
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions on how this could be set up better?
>>
>> -Jake
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