Lua code with + and -

[Dino 0]

I'm a beginner in Lua code and was trying to get data form another system. It is working but with two types it isn't working.

Output from the homewizard system (Solar measurement) is:

"s1":{"po":476,"dayTotal":5.56,"po+":3290,"po+t":"13:07","po-":0,"po-t":"00:01"},

Lua code I have used:

-- assign Homewizard data to Labels 1,2, 3, 4 of virtual device

fibaro:call(163,"setProperty","ui.Label1.value",result.response.energylinks[1].s1.po)

fibaro:call(163,"setProperty","ui.Label2.value",result.response.energylinks[1].s1.dayTotal)

fibaro:call(163,"setProperty","ui.Label3.value",result.response.energylinks[1].s1.po-)

fibaro:call(163,"setProperty","ui.Label4.value",result.response.energylinks[1].s1.po+)

The po and dayTotal are working fine but the po- and the po+ are giving this error:

[ERROR] 22:18:15: line 39: unexpected symbol near ')'

Any suggestions......many thanks

[deanrparry 19]

i am no coder but i reckon try putting a % after the - and + as i think they are special characters

[ Added: 2014-02-17, 22:06 ]

or maybe -- or ++ i can only make suggestions but i have a feeling i might be right about them characters just not 100% sure of the solution

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[Dino 0]

Thanks. Did this with same error as result:

fibaro:call(163,"setProperty","ui.Label3.value",result.response.energylinks[1].s1.po-%)

fibaro:call(163,"setProperty","ui.Label3.value",result.response.energylinks[1].s1.%po-)

And several other options. Any suggestions...

[hugohekk 0]

I was wondering the same to. Hope somebody knows the solution

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[robmac 173]

i am no coder but i reckon try putting a % after the - and + as i think they are special characters

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or maybe -- or ++ i can only make suggestions but i have a feeling i might be right about them characters just not 100% sure of the solution

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% would go before

+ and - are used as special chars in string patterns so you do need to escape

[hugohekk 0]

% would go before

+ and - are used as special chars in string patterns so you do need to escape

The % before the + or - does not work unfortunately.

[StarkJohan 6]

I'm using this function to update a label. It works well for me but I haven't tested with your strings. Give it a go:

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[hugohekk 0]

It looks impressing but i really don't have a clue where to put the code.

Can you point me out into the right direction? here is my code:

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[robmac 173]

It looks impressing but i really don't have a clue where to put the code.

Can you point me out into the right direction? here is my code:

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might be closer

[StarkJohan 6]

See now that you also need to escape a plus sign (which is allowed in URLs). You mentioned you already tried escaping it but give robmacs code a go. I think it should work.

Also check if you get any debug messages. Is it the assigning of the labels that fail?

Otherwise try using the local vars when updating the globals and/or labels.

Inspect the local vars. fibaro:debug()