addr_ of Params

Can someone make this work?  All this address of alias and pointers is still VooDoo to me.

I want to associate a declared variable with a Parameter then set the variable by associating the parameter with an actual value.  Success is when the final print statement is:

• <<SSFolder = 'SpecFolder Value'>>

Skip   skpParams = createString() // I think I need a Skip list to remember the associations
string  SSFolder  = ""  // This is the variable I wish to set
const string cSpecParam = "SpecFolder"

//************************************************
void Associate(string Variable, Parameter)
{ //Associate the Variable with the Parameter
 int &iAddr = (int addr_(Variable))
 put(skpParams, Parameter, iAddr)
} // end Associate()

//************************************************
void ParamSet(string Parameter, Value)
{ // Set the Variable associated with the Parameter to the Value
 int &iAddr
 find(skpParams, Parameter, iAddr)
 iAddr = (string Value) // This should set the Variable
} // end ParamSet()

              // begin MAIN:
Associate(SSFolder, cSpecParam)
ParamSet (cSpecFold, "SpecFolder Value")
print "<<SSFolder = '" SSFolder "'>>" // should print <<SSFolder = 'SpecFolder Value'>>

-Louie

I'm really after initializing a bunch of variables in my include file based on the values specified for the current project, as defined in a project parameter module.  For instance, one project may want a particular link module named "Testing Links", and another project call the same link module "Verification Links".  So I'd have a variable "Testing_LMName" which gets set at run time, depending on the current Project running the script.

Re: addr_ of Params
Mathias Mamsch - Sun Mar 30 18:31:28 EDT 2014

Well. You can put a reference to a variable into a Skip easily (common mistake resulting in Skip crashes), but retrieving the reference from the skip is not so easy (because of the references super powers). Therefore I guess the easiest way to get the reference back is to use a pointer (i.e. a reference without 'super powers') to retrieve the reference back from the Skip and assign a new value to it:

    Skip   skpParams = createString() // I think I need a Skip list to remember the associations
    string  SSFolder  = ""  // This is the variable I wish to set
    const string cSpecParam = "SpecFolder"

    //************************************************
    void Associate(string &Variable, Parameter)
    { //Associate the Variable with the Parameter
       put (skpParams, Parameter, Variable); 
    } // end Associate()

    //************************************************
    void ParamSet(string Parameter, Value)
    { // Set the Variable associated with the Parameter to the Value
       string *ref; 
       if (find(skpParams, Parameter, ref)) { *ref = Value }

    } // end ParamSet()

    // begin MAIN:
    Associate(SSFolder, cSpecParam)
    ParamSet (cSpecParam, "SpecFolder Value")
    print "<<SSFolder = '" SSFolder "'>>" // should print <<SSFolder = 'SpecFolder Value'>>

Hope this helps, regards, Mathias

Re: addr_ of Params
llandale - Mon Mar 31 16:34:56 EDT 2014

    Skip   skpParams = createString() // I think I need a Skip list to remember the associations
    string  SSFolder  = ""  // This is the variable I wish to set
    const string cSpecParam = "SpecFolder"

    //************************************************
    void Associate(string &Variable, Parameter)
    { //Associate the Variable with the Parameter
       put (skpParams, Parameter, Variable); 
    } // end Associate()

    //************************************************
    void ParamSet(string Parameter, Value)
    { // Set the Variable associated with the Parameter to the Value
       string *ref; 
       if (find(skpParams, Parameter, ref)) { *ref = Value }

    } // end ParamSet()

    // begin MAIN:
    Associate(SSFolder, cSpecParam)
    ParamSet (cSpecParam, "SpecFolder Value")
    print "<<SSFolder = '" SSFolder "'>>" // should print <<SSFolder = 'SpecFolder Value'>>

That will work thanks.