Why global variable can't be used as a function argument?

[beelze]

I'm new in AM, so maybe I just missing a some vital concept, but here's a problem:

Tried to use condition expression like

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matches(join(somelist, ","), global_var)

but it always evaluates as false (global_var is a string ".*text").

But putting the same regex as string literal:

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matches(join(somelist, ","), ".*text")

working as expected. I'm puzzled

[Desmanto]

I can replicate your problem once. The global_telkampret (I have created after Automagic 1.36.0), change it to string .*text. And suddenly it changes itself to number 1 after the script execution. Don't know why. After assigning the value directly in script

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global_telkampret = ".*text";
matches("hello,adsf,text", global_telkampret);

use that directly, it works. But if I comment that line (since the glovar has been saved), again, it changes itself to 1 after execution.

Assigning temporary variable to it also doesn't matter.

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a = global_telkampret;
matches("hello,adsf,text", a);

This still produce the same error, global_telkampret changes to 1 after execution.

However using the exact same script but with global_widget, same string type, no problem at all. global_widget was created long long time ago. So it seems something is off with the glovar creation.

Then I just remembered I have used this glovar somewhere, not a temporary glovar anymore. And yes I used it in a working flow as the marking for state The script change the glovar to 1 when it change to something else. Hence explained the mysterious behaviour. You should search for the global_var in your flow and see if there something changing it to another thing.

[beelze]

Your guess was close.

Autocorrection has corrected <.> to <. >, which was not noticeable before I catched it in log