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Foreach weird bug in variable

greggz
Communicator

So I have this chunk of code

eval matched=0 | foreach UF* [eval matched = if(like('<<FIELD>>',valMask),matched+1,matched) | eval Property = if(matched>=1,Property,null)]

Amusingly if the matched variable equals 1, the Property will get null value, when I explicity say that if it is bigger or equal than 1, the Property should remain with her original value.

Proof matched = 1

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Thoughts on this ?

Thanks

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greggz
Communicator

So apparently, matched inside the foreach is still 0. Something like Lazy Evaluation, but I don't really know. Anyway.. this works

foreach UF* [eval matched = if(like('<<FIELD>>',valMask),matched+1,matched)] | eval Property =  if(matched>=1,Property,null) 

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greggz
Communicator

So apparently, matched inside the foreach is still 0. Something like Lazy Evaluation, but I don't really know. Anyway.. this works

foreach UF* [eval matched = if(like('<<FIELD>>',valMask),matched+1,matched)] | eval Property =  if(matched>=1,Property,null) 
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elliotproebstel
Champion

The structure generally looks ok, so I'm kind of reaching here. Any chance Property was null before the second half of the foreach ran? If you remove the second eval clause, is Property always populated?

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greggz
Communicator

The only possibility I'm seeing is that matched is still 0 inside the foreach. Like a lazy interation

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greggz
Communicator

I removed the eval clause, and all the Properties get populated..

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mayurr98
Super Champion

Can you try

eval matched=0 | foreach UF* [eval matched = if(like('<<FIELD>>',valMask),matched+1,matched) ]| foreach UF* [eval Property=if(matched>=1,Property,null)]
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greggz
Communicator

Same result.. What was your reasoning ?

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