bad argument #1 to 'match' (string expected, got function)

[AutoFrank 372]

Hi

 

I periodically get the following error. (Code seemed to have been working fine up to the last stable release)

 

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from the following code (line 618 is the string.match line)

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A type check shows that target of of type string and v is of type nil

 

I'm thinking it's a quotes issue but can't seem to see where....

 

Any help appreciated 

-AF

 

[jgab 2,642]

53 minutes ago, AutoFrank said:

Hi

 

I periodically get the following error. (Code seemed to have been working fine up to the last stable release)

 

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from the following code (line 618 is the string.match line)

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A type check shows that target of of type string and v is of type nil

 

I'm thinking it's a quotes issue but can't seem to see where....

 

Any help appreciated 

-AF

 

 

We need more clues.

-Where does 'target' come from? It seems to sometimes be a function and that causes a crash (where do you set target?)

-Is 'notifySvc' always a pure a key/value table? You say that v is nil and that doesn't happen to key/tables. Can happen to sequentially numbered tables that have "holes" in them.... But maybe you were referring to 'string.match(target, v)', as it will return nil when it doesn't match.

(Btw, the idiom is  'if string.match(target, v) then ' because if v is a more complex pattern(regex) the test will not return v and thus not  be true)

 

You could put an assert before the match to see what types you get.

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[AutoFrank 372]

Thanks @jgab

 

I haven't had time to go back to this yet but thanks for the suggestions