It's not really - its simply taking a few numbers and trying to add and subtract them.
I found that <echo>${position - 3}</echo> Which fails due to a data type mismatch.. will work if rewritten as <echo>${convert::to-int(position) - 3}</echo> But convert::to-int is marked as depreciated.. and says Function convert::to-int is deprecated. Use type-specific conversion functions instead. But I can't find any reference to what that means. I'm just trying to use variables to hold values to clean up readability of the code, and I can't seem to use properties with operators without this convert function. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Grabowski Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:58 PM To: nant Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] can you nest functions? problems with data types It looks like you're doing some serious manipulation...can you just make your own custom task to do these operations? ----- Original Message ---- From: Steve Kapinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:23:07 PM Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] can you nest functions? problems with data types I can simplify this even more.. I have this <property name="position" value="${string::index-of(deploySetupLogContents,'ResultCode=') + 11}"/> <echo>${position}</echo> This outputs 135 for the echo But when I try <echo>${position - 3}</echo> It considers position a string, not an int. Without the outside ${ } its not an expression. How do I reference the property 'position' here to subtract 3 from it? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Kapinos Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:13 PM To: nant-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [NAnt-users] can you nest functions? problems with data types Ok, I'm trying to do some simple expressions to manipulate some values, but I'm not having luck nesting expressions. Specifically, I can not figure out how to use a function as a argument to another function. This means I have to use incremental steps and assign the value to a property, then reference that property in a later step rather then doing it in a single step. Is it possible to use a function as an arugument to another function? Something like.. Value=${stringsubstring(property1, property2, string::length(property3) - property4} Any combination I try to nest an expression inside another fails. I'm also having a problem with specifying properties properly inside an expression Here's what I'm trying to do.. I have a string in a property. I need to get the index location of a substring, add to that number, get the overall length of the string, do a subtraction of those two numbers, and then use these two numbers to get a substring. The pseudo code would be something like this Position = string::Pindex-of(string, value) + 11 targetlength = string::length(string) - $position result = string::substring(string, position, targetlength) My code currently is <target name="test"> <loadfile file="setup.log" property="deploySetupLogContents" /> <property name="position" value="${string::index-of(deploySetupLogContents,'ResultCode=') + 11}"/> <property name="length" value="${string::get-length(deploySetupLogContents) - position}"/> <property name="deploySetupResultCode" value="${string::substring(deploySetupLogContents, position, length)}"/> <echo>Result Code is ${deploySetupResultCode}</echo> </target> But the above does not work. It complains that in line 4, it can't do the subtraction between an 'int' and 'string'. Position is not a string.. it's a property which is holding an init from line 3. I can't specify it as ${position}.. so how can I reference the value I need here? I need the entire thing inside an ${ } so its evaluated as an expression and not just saved as a string. -Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ NAnt-users mailing list NAnt-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users