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checking a value inside a list

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checking a value inside a list

checking a value inside a list

(OP)
I've got this variable named "ref":

802.11ac(auto),802.11n+a


Then I have this value, named "val":

802.11ac(auto)

so I want to check if $val is inside $ref

This is what I do:

set elements [split $ref ","]


if {([llength $elements] > 1) && ($val != "")} {
if {[lsearch $elements $val] != -1} {
do A
}
else{
do B
}
}

so it does B because I've checked and "[lsearch $elements $val]" is -1

However "puts [lindex $elements 0]" is 802.11ac(auto)

Anyone could tell me what I'm missing, please? Thanks a lot!

RE: checking a value inside a list

What is the value of $valor? Aren't you meant to be checking $val?

RE: checking a value inside a list

(OP)
@xwb just edited that, thanks!

RE: checking a value inside a list

Hello Natiya,

to check if val is inside of ref you can use the command
string first substring string
like this:

CODE

set ref "802.11ac(auto),802.11n+a"
set val "802.11ac(auto)"
if {[string first $val $ref] != -1} {
    puts "val found in ref"
} else {
    puts "val not found in ref"
}

RE: checking a value inside a list

Hi

Quote (mikrom)

to check if val is inside of ref you can use the command
string first substring string
That was my first thought too, but without knowing the OP's intention, I decided to not suggest it yet.

To be noted that the initial code finds only comma separated exact matches, while the suggested code also finds partial matches :

CODE --> Tcl

set ref "802.11ac(auto),802.11n+a"
set val "02.11ac"

puts "Natiya [lsearch [split $ref ","] $val]"
puts "mikrom [string first $val $ref]"

CODE --> output

Natiya -1
mikrom 1

Feherke.
feherke.github.io

RE: checking a value inside a list

(OP)
Thanks guys, but something weird is happening3eyes

This is what I get so far:


CODE --> tcl

puts $ref 
puts $val
set elements [split $ref ","]
puts [lindex $elements 0]
puts [lsearch -nocase $elements $val]
puts [string first $val $ref]

CODE --> outuput

ref --> 802.11ac(auto),802.11n+a
val --> 802.11ac(auto) 
elements --> 802.11ac(auto) 802.11n+a
[lindex $elements 0]-->802.11ac(auto)
[lsearch -nocase $elements $val]-->-1
[string first $val $ref]-->-1


I'm not sure, but maybe the parenthesis "()" are the characters that make the comparison not to work?
I'm not sure how to check what happens, maybe using string is? but what type should it be?

RE: checking a value inside a list

@Natiya: IMO you shoud correct
[lsearch -nocase $elements $valor]
to
[lsearch -nocase $elements $val]
I did it and it works for me.

Other problem could be that val contains trailing spaces, to see them print it with
puts "\"$val\""
if it contains spaces you can use string trim to remove them like:

CODE

puts "ref = \"$ref\"" 
puts "val = \"$val\""
set elements [split $ref ","]
puts "elements = \[$elements\]"
puts "elements\[0\] = \"[lindex $elements 0]\""
puts "lsearch: [lsearch -nocase $elements [string trim $val]]"
puts "string first: [string first [string trim $val] $ref]"

@feherke: of course you are right. I haven't read natiya's description carefully enough.

RE: checking a value inside a list

(OP)
Thanks a lot @mikron!!

I found the issue:

puts "val = \"$val\"" ---> val = "802.11ac(auto) "

so there was a space there!! MANY THANKS bigsmile

The "$valor" was a typo when writing the post, sorry, I already corrected it.

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