[ic] How to assign a scratch variable to a VBScript Variable??

[Stefan Hornburg]

interchange at tvcables.co.uk wrote:
> Quoting interchange at tvcables.co.uk:
> 
> 
>>Quoting Joachim Leidinger <info at ebusiness-leidinger.de>:
>>
>>
>>>interchange at tvcables.co.uk wrote:
>>>....
>>>
>>>>I set a scratch variable on my admin_view page, this works just fine and
>>>
>>I
>>
>>>can 
>>>
>>>>display the varible on the screen ok, so I know its been set.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Try
>>>
>>>
>>>>[set myname]
>>>
>>>[seti myname]
>>>
>>>
>>>>[loop-calc]
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>>[/loop-calc]
>>>>[/set]
>>>
>>>[/seti]
>>>
>>>
>>>>[scratch myname] - Display on screen ok!
>>>>
>>>>Now I have my scratch variable (myname) I am trying to use its value
>>>
>>(text
>>
>>>>string) in some vbscript.
>>>>
>>>>I am trying to set my vb variable (vbname) to be equal to the value of
>>>
>>the
>>
>>>>scratch variable (myname), I thought this would work:
>>>>
>>>><script language="vbscript">
>>>>dim vbname
>>>>vbname = "[scratch myname]"
>>>
>>>Make sure [seti myname] first and vb script is using *after* setting the 
>>>myname var.
>>>
>>>Hope that helps!
>>>
>>>Joachim
>>
>>Thanks for the reply, still no joy though, tried [set], [seti] and [tmp] none
>>
>>make it work. The scratch variable is set immediately before the vbscript.
>>The 
>>script is ok as I can manually set the vbname, eg vbname="Andy" works fine, I
>>
>>just cannot get vbname to pick up the value of the scratch variable....
>>
>>Any more suggestions please?
>>
> 
> 
> I think I may have found the problem, it looks like the scratch variable has a 
> carriage return or line feed at the beginning and end of it, can that be 
> removed with an extra perl line? Not very good with perl....

Try [scratch name=myname filter=strip] or [filter op=strip 
interpolate=1][scratch myname][/filter].

Bye
      Racke