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JavaScript
Watch.SetVariable("MyVariable", "Desired value");
Watch.SetVariable("global.MyVariable", "Desired value");
Python
Watch.SetVariable("MyVariable", "Desired value")
Watch.SetVariable("global.MyVariable", "Desired value")
Perl
$Watch->SetVariable("MyVariable", "Desired value");
$Watch->SetVariable("global.MyVariable", "Desired value");
Watch.ExpandString
Provides access to the emulated job file and to all variables. This function returns a string that
is the expanded version of the input string.
Syntax
Watch.ExpandString(StringToExpand) -> string
Arguments
StringToExpand —A regular parseable string that may contain system variables (%u, %f), user
variables (%1 to %9), octal codes, and data selections.
Example
This example results in expanding the string of the variables to the date value in the following
format: “YYYY-MM-DD”.
VBScript
Dim s
s= Watch.ExpandString("%y-%m-%d")
Watch.Log "Current Date is: " + s, 2
JavaScript
var s;
s= Watch.ExpandString("%y-%m-%d");
Watch.Log("Current Date is: " + s, 2);
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