hs.speak script variables

[SmartyPants]

Hi,

I'm using a script and I'm trying to speak some variable values that are locally declared.
All I want to do is insert the variable mid sentence, but I'm not sure of the correct formatting.
I've searched high and low, but everything I've found references replacement / built-in variables.

For example, this doesn't work, it probably won't anyway as it's parsed within quotes, but this is what I'm after.

Dim DeviceName As String = Washer


hs.speak("The $$DeviceName is switched off")

What is the proper formatting for script variables please?

Thank you

[TC1]

https://docs.homeseer.com/display/HS...ment+Variables

[prsmith777]

The way I've got this to work is to have a virtual device. I use the string of the virtual device to replace it into the speech script using $$DTA: (address).

[SmartyPants]

https://docs.homeseer.com/display/HS...ment+Variables

Thanks, but I know about replacement variables, and while I can use some of them, there are none for some of my custom scripts. Using the format $$variable doesn't seem to work for non-replacement variables.

[TC1]

If you are declaring your variables within a script then this is not an HS function, but rather a VB script function. Hs.Speak is looking for a string of text, so you need to convert the number (I'm assuming) to a string. Any number of ways, a quick Google reveals:

https://www.dotnetheaven.com/article...g-using-vb.net

But your original example shows DeviceName.... so which is it, a locally defined script numerical variable or is it the value of a HS virtual device??

[SmartyPants]

If you are declaring your variables within a script then this is not an HS function, but rather a VB script function. Hs.Speak is looking for a string of text, so you need to convert the number (I'm assuming) to a string. Any number of ways, a quick Google reveals:

https://www.dotnetheaven.com/article...g-using-vb.net

But your original example shows DeviceName.... so which is it, a locally defined script numerical variable or is it the value of a HS virtual device??

Hi and thanks,

I've literally just found the answer, which was simple as expected I just didn't know - very new to scripting obviously.

Answer:

hs.speak("The" & DeviceName & "is switched off")

[TC1]

Yep, that's called concatenation (using the ampersands to join pieces together within a string). Glad you got it sorted