Object by Case Using String

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dougdurbin asked Jan 14, '21 Joerg Vogel commented Jan 14, '21

Object by Case Using String

What's the best way to decide a destination based on an acquired resource? In my model I acquire an AGV (token.AGV). I need a different destination based on which AGV has been acquired. I'm looking at a travel activity where the Task Executor is token.AGV but the destination is where I'm having a problem. I'm looking at the Object by Case option using the Case Function: token.AGV which returns a string value and I know the "by Case" option can't use string values. Is there a better way to reference the string (token.AGV) to determine a destination?

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FlexSim 21.0.1

flexsim 21.0.1 string object by case

Answer 1 · 2021-01-14T22:00:42Z

Jeanette F answered Jan 14, '21 Joerg Vogel commented Jan 14, '21

Hello @doug.durbin,

You could use a global table that had the AGV's stored as one column and the other column be all the destination values the AGV's correlate to. To find the correct row and return the value of the 2nd column using the following.

Table("GlobalTable1").getValueByKey(token.AGV, 2, 1)

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Joerg Vogel commented · Jan 14, 2021 at 11:12 PM

I put all destinations into an array and then I lookup the array by the indexOf(destination).

This returns the index as an integer value which is easy to handle in switch by case.

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