JESS: Using a string in a bind or as a jess command

2005-12-20 Thread Bret Kellihan
Hello, I've been trying to use a string as a variable anme in a bind call and I can't quite figure out how to do it. I'd like to be able to do this: (bind (str-cat "?" "myVar") 1) Jess throws an error saying "?myVar" is a string and not a variable, which of course is correct. In practice my

Re: JESS: Using a string in a bind or as a jess command

2005-12-20 Thread ejfried
I think Bret Kellihan wrote: > > Also, Is there anyway to build up an entire jess > expression into a variable and then execute it? I've > tried something on the lines of: > > (bind ?command (str-cat "(bind ?x 1)")) > (?command) The "eval" function parses and evaluates a String (or a variable

Re: JESS: Using a string in a bind or as a jess command

2005-12-20 Thread Bret Kellihan
Thanks Ernest, That's exactly what I was looking for. I vaguely remember seeing it in your book once, but for some reason it just didn't register. Thanks again, Bret --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think Bret Kellihan wrote: > > > > Also, Is there anyway to build up an entire jess > > ex