Decide Activity Connector By Case Using String Label

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Stan Davis asked Nov 29, '16 Jeff Nordgren answered Nov 29, '16

Decide Activity Connector By Case Using String Label

Is there a way to use string cases instead of numeric cases for the Decide activity's 'Connector By Case'?

I need to evaluate the case based upon a label's string value. The 'Connector By Case' is expecting an integer when evaluating the label. I tried rewriting the case code to accept a string, but I received the 'syntax error, unexpected string, expecting integer or hexadecimal integer or '-' ' error.

I can accomplish what I need to do using the token's label option instead of 'Connector By Case' option, but I have to have my connectors' names match my label string names.

Thanks,

Stan

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FlexSim 16.2.0

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-29T16:25:22Z

Matt Long answered Nov 29, '16 Stan Davis commented Nov 29, '16

Switch statements do not work with strings. Instead you can write a series of if statements:

string value = getlabel(token, "labelName");
if (value == "string1")
	return 1;
if (value == "string2")
	return 2;

etc

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Stan Davis commented · Nov 29, 2016 at 05:29 PM

That was easy. Coming from C#/VB.NET, I forgot about the C++ difference. Thanks Matt

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Answer 2 · 2016-11-29T17:37:20Z

Jeff Nordgren answered Nov 29, '16

@Stan Davis

Stan,

Attached is a sample model using what Matt Long suggests in his answer. If you have any questions, please let me know.

decidebystring-jn1fsm.fsm

decidebystring-jn1fsm.fsm (17.1 KiB)

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