Copy last three characters of a variable to a new variable

[CGooley]

Hi,

Would like to assign the last three characters of a string variable to a new string variable. Any idea on how to do this?

Thanks!

[CGooley]

Here is how I am currently trying to do this:

GetClipBoard>filename

Let>filenamelength={length(%filename%)}
Let>count=filenamelength-3

Let>at={Pos(" ",%filename%)}

Let>branch={copy(%filename%,count,%at%-1)}

message>branch


Branch should return the last 3 characters, but only does this if I specify manually in count.

As the code is now, I get an Unknown Identifier "COUNT" error

[JRL]

You probably have previous programming experience which will be a benefit for logic but a deficit for syntax. You need to study posted scripts and get a feel for available commands and Macro Scheduler syntax which does not allow multiple functions on the same line.

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GetClipBoard>filename
Length>FileName,filenamelength
Let>filenamelength={%filenamelength%-2}
Midstr>filename,filenamelength,3,branch

mdl>branch

[Marcus Tettmar]

Here is how I am currently trying to do this:

GetClipBoard>filename

Let>filenamelength={length(%filename%)}
Let>count=filenamelength-3

Let>at={Pos(" ",%filename%)}

Let>branch={copy(%filename%,count,%at%-1)}

message>branch


Branch should return the last 3 characters, but only does this if I specify manually in count.

As the code is now, I get an Unknown Identifier "COUNT" error

You've missed the % .. % around "count" as with all your other variables. That line should be:

Let>branch={copy(%filename%,%count%,%at%-1)}

[Marcus Tettmar]

You probably have previous programming experience which will be a benefit for logic but a deficit for syntax. You need to study posted scripts and get a feel for available commands and Macro Scheduler syntax which does not allow multiple functions on the same line.

CGooley's syntax is correct - it is using complex expressions. Just missed % around the count variable. But your solution works too

[PepsiHog]

@CGooley,

Yeah, you could do it that way. Some people like long lines of programming to accomplish a 1 liner.

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let>FileName=MyFilesNamelast3.txt
RegEx>.*(...)\..*,FileName,0,match,nom,1,$1,res

mdl>%res%

Boy! If the RegEx commission ever finds out how much I use RegEx, I am going to be in a lot of trouble!

PepsiHog