Re: [OpenBD] Re: Strange cfc behavior with arguments

['Alan Holden' via Open BlueDragon]

Speaking of simplification, seems to me that: <cfset local.test = "#raguments.test#"> Could just be: <cfset local.test = raguments.test /> (probably a typo or 'arguments', but I just pasted what was there) Al On 11/18/2015 8:59 AM, Jason King wrote: Yep, naming conventions were from me trying to simplify the problem and remove unneeded code.  One approach I've used in the past for longer functions is to declare a struct named 'local' and assign all vars local to the function to this struct.  <cfset var local = StructNew()> <cfset local.test = "#raguments.test#"> Should I just do this for everything?  On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Marcus F <trena...@gmail.com> wrote: Here's how I understand it (I may be off, someone correct me if I am, please). They are different scopes, but OpenBD traverses scopes to see if it can access a variable for you, so when you set the testVar it checks the scopes and sets arguments.testVar A co-worker tells me that if you var testVar, it would create a local testVar variable that you can reference separately. Granted, you should never be using names that can be confused in this way, but I assume it's just test code. On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 10:52:04 AM UTC-5, Jason Allen wrote: This is what's confusing me.  If you declare an argument, say 'test' and I pass it into the function, isn't it's value 'argument.test'? If I then declare a simple variable 'test', isn't a different variable than 'arguments.test'? Or, when declaring a function, do I not need to use the 'argument.' prefix to reference it? Basically, is 'arguments.test' the same as 'test'? If so, it's new to me. I thought they were different.  On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:40 AM, Marcus F <tren...@gmail.com> wrote: Because you're setting the variable to a blank value. The variable name is testVar, and you specifically set <cfset testVar = ""> before checking the value. Name it something else and it'll work. On Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 6:33:12 PM UTC-5, Jason Allen wrote: Hi Guys,  I'm getting what I think is strange behavior.  I'm building a function.     <cffunction name="testFunction" returntype="struct" output="no" access="remote" returnformat="json">        <cfargument name="testVar" type="numeric" required="false" default="" hint="" /> <cfset var test=StructNew()> <cfset test.originalTest = "#arguments.testVar#"> <cfset test.originalTestTrim = "#trim(arguments.testVar)#"> <cfset test.testVar = ""> <cfset testVar = ""> <!--- test ---> <cfif trim(arguments.testVar) eq ''>  <cfset testVar = "woops"> </cfif>         <cfset test.testVar = "#testVar#">   <cfsetting showdebugoutput="false" />     <cfreturn test>   </cffunction> The part I'm having trouble with is <cfif trim(arguments.testVar) eq ''> Even though I've supplied the argument 'arguments.testVar' and it is a recongized value (able to assign value to test.oroginalTest,  the if statement is returning true and setting testVar to 'woops'.  What am I missing?  -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openbd+un...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openbd+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openbd+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- online documentation: http://openbd.org/manual/ http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open BlueDragon" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openbd+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.