CODEWITHSUNDEEP
autohotkey
james
james

Reputation: 570

Simple string type variable comparison not working

I just want to compare two variables and check if they are equal. I have 2 commands for q and w that just set what the global lastCommand variable is. And for each command I want to do something if the lastCommand was a certain value but it doesn't seem to work. Is there something wrong with the way I'm trying to compare values in auto hot key?

#SingleInstance Force
CoordMode, Mouse, Client
CoordMode, Pixel, Client
SendMode Input
 
SetDefaultMouseSpeed, 0

global lastCommand := "q" 

q::
   if (lastCommand == "w") {
    Msgbox last command was w
   } else {
    Msgbox % lastCommand
   }
   lastCommand = "q"
   return 
w::
  if (lastCommand == "q") {
    Msgbox last command was q
  } else {
    Msgbox % lastCommand
   }
  lastcommand = "w"
  return

It's not complex...I just can't figure out why it's not working. The comparison for if ( lastCommand == "w") should trigger but it doesn't. The else blocks trigger and it still displays the value that should have caused the if statement to trigger.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 375

Answers (1)

0x464e
0x464e

Reputation: 6489

You're using legacy the legacy assign operator and assigning the literal string "q" (or "w") to the variable lastcommand. As opposed to assigning the string q or w.

The fix? Never use the legacy assigning operator =(docs), use the modern expression assign operator instead :=(docs).

Upvotes: 3

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