Expression in TRACE?

[Saravanan_Desingh]

I would like to clarify this query.

Can't I use Expressions in Trace as below?

Trace P=$(=Pick(3,$(vYesNo)));

Trace T=$(=Today());

I was able to do it thru Variables. But thought of verifying on this.

[sunny_talwar]

I think you are right, it seems that only variables are working with TRACE, unless it is a plan text

[Saravanan_Desingh]

Hi Sunny,

I just want to trace few outputs in the Script.

Instead of defining a temp variable and displaying it in Trace, I tried giving the expression directly in the Trace and was expecting the result.

But it returns null.

Thanks for your confirmation, Sunny.

[engishfaque]

Dear Saran7de,

Trace with variable return variable value.

Trace with without variable return value as a string.

Kind regards,

Ishfaque Ahmed

[Saravanan_Desingh]

Thank you for the response, Ishfaque Ahmed

[swuehl · Accepted solution]

As far as I know, the dollar sign expansion with expression can't be used anywhere in the script, hence it can't be used in TRACE statements neither.

I think it's a front end thing only.

[Saravanan_Desingh]

Thank you, Stefan.

I just realized, I was trying dollar-expansion in Trace.

[swuehl]

saran7de wrote:

Thank you, Stefan.

I just realized, I was trying dollar-expansion in Trace.

Just to clarify:

A dollar sign expansion of a variable is working in the script in general, but I believe the dollar sign expansion with expression is not working in the script.

[Saravanan_Desingh]

Thank you swuehl

[flagamba]

Hello, thank you for your reply, but after several searches I can not find where the scope of the dollar sign expansion is defined. This seems to me unfortunately as a problem of the documentation that it would be good to review. Thank you for your attention.