Re: [misterhouse-users] How to get State of variable

[Douglas A. P. <do...@ge...>]

Try this instead:

my $room = shift;
my $name = "\$" . "$room" . "_Motion";
my $check = &get_object_by_name($check)
my $state = $check->{state};

--doug

On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 10:00, Tim Doyle wrote:
> Hi guys:
> 
> I can't seem to figure out how to do this in perl. Perhaps someone could
> help me?  :-)
> 
> I have several X10_Items with names such as $Garage_Motion. I have another
> variable named $room which will contain "Garage" or any other of my room
> names. How do I access the current state of $Garage_Motion based upon the
> value in $room. Here's the unworking code that I currently have:
> 
> 
> my $room = shift;
> my $check = "\$" . "$room" . "_Motion";
> my $state = lc $$check->{state};
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Tim Doyle
> 
> 
> 
> 
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