Mysticism with compare strings...

[Discorez]

BList contains values from "1" to "10".
I need to find an element index on its text value.

Simple code below, always returns -1...

Why?! :BangHead:

For example, sValue = 4

Sub GetIndexByName(sValue As String) As Integer
   For i = 0 To Blist.Count -1
        Item.Value = BList.GetItem(i)
        If StrCompare(sValue, Item.Text, cCaseInsensitive) = 0 Then Return i 'Dont work!
        If sValue = Item.Text Then Return i 'Dont work too!
        If sValue = i Then Return i 'It work if i = 4...
   Next
   Return -1
End Sub

Any problem with the Item.Text?

 

[mjcoon]

Why?! :BangHead:
Any problem with the Item.Text?

Why not put your code into a complete minimal program and attach it so anyone can run it and watch what happens within the IDE?

A bList is a GUI object. Does it display properly when you have set it up?

Why not include some MsgBox lines just to show what values you are manipulating?

Mike.

 

[agraham]

What sort of object is "Item"?

 

[mjcoon]

What sort of object is "Item"?

I assumed it was a bListItem, as in

item.Value = list.GetItem(n)

per suggestion in bList.chm. It is all a bit sensitive to the setting up of the bList!

So it would be good to have some background information...

(I have not yet used bList.dll.)

Mike.

 

[agraham]

I assumed it was a bListItem

That was so obvious in retrospect!

I can't see anything obviously wrong. I'd try putting something like

msg = sValue & CRLF & item.Text
msgbox(msg, "")

in the loop to see what the values are.

 

[Discorez]

Very much I apologize... Today all works normally. :signOops:
Anything in the code didn't change. I dont know, why... Very strange...

agraham

msg = sValue & CRLF & item.Text
msgbox(msg, "")

yesterday, I did it, MSGBOX shows 4 4 (4 - find value & 4 item text value) but at comparing strings aren't identical. The cycle is done by the following iteration and function returns -1

 

[agraham]

Did you check the string lengths as well? Maybe one had an extra space or other non-displaying character in it.

 

[Discorez]

or other non-displaying character in it

agraham, You are genius!
Correctly, lengths of lines were various...
Msgbox(StrLength(aName) & " " & StrLength(Item.Text))
shows 1 & 2

Many thanks!

 

[agraham]

You are genius!

:sign0156: