So I need to drive a switch sop based on a parameter in another sop, to do so I've written the folliwng code:


And this is the error I get:


How can I compare two strings in Hscript?

The expression returns a float, not a string. For strings, you need (note the s after ch).

edward
The

ch()

expression returns a float, not a string. For strings, you need

chs()

(note the s after ch).

Yea I forgot to mention: it doesnt work even with the chs() function.

Here's an example file.
(Im still working in H15.5)

you have to use strcmp()


and not sure but the values you are refering here (“none”) or in your file (“primitive”) are not valid for group geotype parm, so it would never switch to one anyway
the valid values are:
'all', ‘bezierc’, ‘bezier’, ‘mesh’, ‘circle’, ‘MetaSQuad’, ‘meta’, ‘nurbc’, ‘nurb’, ‘PackedAgent’, ‘AlembicRef’, ‘PackedDisk’, ‘PackedFragment’, ‘PackedGeometry’, ‘part’, ‘PasteSurf’, ‘poly’, ‘polysoup’, ‘sphere’, ‘tetrahedron’, ‘trifan’, ‘tristrip’, ‘tribez’, ‘tube’, ‘vdb’, ‘volume’

tamte
you have to use strcmp()

{
    if(strcmp(chs("../random_node/geotype"), "poly")==0)
    {
        return 1;
    }
}

and not sure but the values you are refering here (“none”) or in your file (“primitive”) are not valid for group geotype parm, so it would never switch to one anyway
the valid values are:
'all', ‘bezierc’, ‘bezier’, ‘mesh’, ‘circle’, ‘MetaSQuad’, ‘meta’, ‘nurbc’, ‘nurb’, ‘PackedAgent’, ‘AlembicRef’, ‘PackedDisk’, ‘PackedFragment’, ‘PackedGeometry’, ‘part’, ‘PasteSurf’, ‘poly’, ‘polysoup’, ‘sphere’, ‘tetrahedron’, ‘trifan’, ‘tristrip’, ‘tribez’, ‘tube’, ‘vdb’, ‘volume’

Thanks!
I didnt know the strcmp() function, now it works.

That chs(“../random_node/geotype”) I just used it as an example, the real channel is referring to an ordered menu wich contains a “none” option in it