Comparing two variables that contain strings in Tasker is harder than expected

[Vitaly]

I was trying today to compare two long strings. I thought I could easily do so using the "If" action, however not so: Both "Match" and "Equals" returned false even though the variables contained exactly the same string.

I was eventually able to compare these strings using javascript action that performs the comparison and sets a new global variable with the result. It seems to me, however, that such basic action should be done in an easier way.

Content of the variables that I was trying to compare is available in the following URL: http://pastebin.com/mRmMKMuT

The javascript that I used to actually compare the variables:

var a = global('Forcar');
var b = global('Forcar2');
if(a == b)
{
    setGlobal('JsEq','true');
}
else
{
    setGlobal('JsEq','false');
}



Thanks!
Vitaly

[GermainZ]

It's because the strings contain "/" which is interpreted as an "or" by Tasker's pattern matching. There is no way to escape these characters yet (it's on the long to do list).

[Vitaly Belman]

Got it.

Though I think before escaping, I think it would be great if a "StringEquals" action was added then or alternatively make "Equals" working for strings as well.

Thanks!

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- Vitaly

[Michael White]

I had the same problem.

I used split var (splitter /), to set 2 local local arrays ( %arra and %arrb ), and then compared %arra() and %arrb().

Avoids the use of javascript, but requires more calculations...