Switch Commnand

[John Zalesak]

For some reason this does not work for me.

set fldSep [string index $msg 3]

set subSep [string index $msg 4]

switch -exact — $character {

 $fldSep –

 $subSep {to this stuff}

}

The variables are being set to the correct values, it just will not go in.

If I hard code it, it does work

switch -exact — $character

 | –

 ^ {do this stuff}

}

What am I doing wrong?  I am sure it is simple but I am stumped.

Thanks!

Topic

[Steve Carter]

If you use variables in your switch statement, it needs to look like this:

switch -exact — $variable

   $checkOne {

       # Do something here

   }

   $checkTwo {

       # Do something here

   }

   default {

   }

Steve

[John Zalesak]

Thanks I will give it a try.

[Tom Rioux]

John,

Try this:

switch -exact — $character

$fldSep –

$subSep {to this stuff}

When you are using variables in the body of a switch you can’t use braces around the body of the switch.  You will need to use the backslash to escape any newlines.

Hope this works for you…

Tom Rioux

[John Zalesak]

The fixed it

Thanks a bunch

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