How to pass string variable to ComboBox

abdulj

Hello,

I am trying to pass a couple of strings stored in variables to a combo box in a report. This is not working, the combo box just stays at the default value.

Here is the code

Profiler(

          Y( Column(3) ),

          Profiler(

                    1,

                    Term Value(

                              Name( "Overall Y-A-P20" )(227.01),

                              Name( "Overall X-B-P2" )(324.6375)

                    ),

                    Simulator(

                              1,

                              Factors(

                                        Name( "Overall Y-A-P20" ) << Random(

                                                  distNameOne( 227.01, 0.0241999999999962 )

                                        ),

                                        Name( "Overall X-B-P2" ) << Random(

                                                  distNameTwo( 324.6375, 0.0300000000000068 )

                                        )

                              ),

                              Responses( Combined << No Noise )

                    )

          )

)

The variables distNameOne and distNameTwo for example would store the word "Weibull".

I have also confirmed that the variables have the proper string stored using the Show() command.

Does anyone know how to make this work?

Thanks

David_Burnham

You have some code that looks something like this ...

myDist = "Weibull";

Profiler(

          Y( :Pred Formula height ),

          Profiler(

                         1,

                         Term Value( weight( 120 ) ),

                         Simulator(

                                        1,

                                        Factors( weight << Random( myDist( 3, 134 ) ) ),

                                        Responses( Pred Formula height << Add Random Noise( 1 ) )

                         )

    )

);

The reason the code fails is that JMP evaluates the command without evaluating the variable myDist that has been inserted.  There are a number of different approaches to solving this problem, all of which work by substituting values into the expression before it is evaluated.

Below is one approach,

myDist = "Weibull";

Eval(Parse(EvalInsert("\[

      Profiler(

      Y( :Pred Formula height ),

           Profiler(

           1,

           Term Value( weight( 120 ) ),

           Simulator(

               1,

               Factors( weight << Random( ^myDist^( 3, 134 ) ) ),

               Responses( Pred Formula height << Add Random Noise( 1 ) )

            )

        )

     );

    ]\")));

This is based on the following pattern of code:

Eval(Parse(EvalInsert("\[

      // insert JSL-statements here

]\")));

Where JSL-statements represent JSL expressions inclusive of embedded variables using ^name^ notation.

Dave