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    #1

    If an expression value has a value of 789 can you isolate a character in the expression? i.e. If character 2 = 8 then perform a reaction. If not is this even possible to implement if I put in a feature request?

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      Yes, and there's a straightforward way to do it within a Rule in MSR.
      Suppose the variable temp = 789 (number) // it could also be "789" (string) and this technique should work fine
      Just let another variable extract be defined by:
      substr( temp , 1 , 1 ) // equals 8

      Substr() function takes three arguments: a number or string, a (zero-based) starting position, and a number of characters to keep.
      Acting on temp here, I've asked for a substring starting at position 1 (second character) with length 1 (so just the "8").

      See this page for full Docs on using the lexpjs language (more functions coming soon!).

      PRO TIP: If you anticipate temp may grow to have more digits, but you always want extract to pull the "2nd from last digit", use this expression instead, which starts from the right instead:
      substr( temp , -2 , 1 )

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        So this would have to be lua on the vera side that populates the extract variable which I can then define as an expression in MSR? I am using the multi-string plugin which gets populated with a 3 digit string on multistrings variable1 and I want to perform 3 different reactions based on the varying values of characters 1 2 and 3. One reaction for each character. It sounds like I would need 3 variables extract1, extract2 and extract3.

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          So this would have to be lua on the vera side that populates the extract variable which I can then define as an expression in MSR? I am using the multi-string plugin which gets populated with a 3 digit string on multistrings variable1 and I want to perform 3 different reactions based on the varying values of characters 1 2 and 3. One reaction for each character. It sounds like I would need 3 variables extract1, extract2 and extract3.

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          LibraSun
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          @tarkus everything I just wrote was assumed to be on the MSR side not Vera. I was not aware you were referring to a plug-in, and I'm not immediately certain how one would go about doing it on the vera side anyway.

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            It does not have to be on the Vera side. I can get the 3 digit variable into a MSR expression I just don't fully understand how to parse the characters into 3 separate entities for MSR to evaluate in a 3 seperare rules.i do follow what you suggested but just not sure how to implement it in MSR These are for TV channel.IR codes. I am using a lua routine on the Vera side for this and it often causes luup restarts. And I am just looking for a different approach.

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              It does not have to be on the Vera side. I can get the 3 digit variable into a MSR expression I just don't fully understand how to parse the characters into 3 separate entities for MSR to evaluate in a 3 seperare rules.i do follow what you suggested but just not sure how to implement it in MSR These are for TV channel.IR codes. I am using a lua routine on the Vera side for this and it often causes luup restarts. And I am just looking for a different approach.

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              @tarkus you would begin by creating a rule and then within that creating the two expressions I mentioned, but from that point on it would be a matter of experimentation to get the other two digits you need in two other expressions.

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                It does not have to be on the Vera side. I can get the 3 digit variable into a MSR expression I just don't fully understand how to parse the characters into 3 separate entities for MSR to evaluate in a 3 seperare rules.i do follow what you suggested but just not sure how to implement it in MSR These are for TV channel.IR codes. I am using a lua routine on the Vera side for this and it often causes luup restarts. And I am just looking for a different approach.

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                @tarkus Start by creating a global variable in MSR that uses a getEntity() to fetch the variable contents. Click the d94eac4d-d8b3-4812-a8c9-58866c54e503-image.png icon and it will build the expression for you when you pick the multistring entity and the attribute that contains the value.

                Then, in each rule, create a variable, perhaps called character (for my lack of a deeper understanding of its meaning here), and put the expression LibraSun has given you in it. Hit Save. Then add a trigger condition using the Expression Value condition type to test for the character that should match.

                Author of Multi-system Reactor and Reactor, DelayLight, Switchboard, and about a dozen other plugins that run on Vera and openLuup.

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                  Thanks guys, this worked just like I needed it to.

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