Convert a string to use in keepresource command

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Tee Hiett asked May 15, '18 Matthew Gillespie commented May 15, '18

Convert a string to use in keepresource command

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In the attached file, I have identified as a string the name of a receptionist I want to use in a keepresource command. How do I do this?

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Tee

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FlexSim HC 5.3.4

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-15T14:58:21Z

Regan Blackett answered May 15, '18 Matthew Gillespie commented May 15, '18

keepresource() wants to see an Node reference as it's first parameter so you just need to turn the name into an Node by using the node() command and use that as the first parameter:

keepresource(node(RepName, model()), patient);

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Matthew Gillespie ♦♦ commented · May 15, 2018 at 05:05 PM

You could also use the executestring command since there's a global variable with the same name as every resource:

keepresource(executestring(RepName), patient);

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