Testing user input as valid geo-location

honoluludesktop

I tried to test UI.inputbox to validate the user_input location:

result=shadowinfo["City"]=user_input

The API is as follows:

ShadowInfo.[=

The set value []= method is used to set the value in the array of shadow info options.
Arguments:
key The key of the shadowinfo value to set.
value The value to be set.
Returns:
value the value that was set if successful, or false if unsuccessful.]

When the user_input is a bogus location, the value (return) is not false but the bogus location. The resulting longitude, and latitude are from the previous correct location.

Am I doing something wrong? What method can be used to test the user_input for a real geo-location besides a convoluted test of previous against new longitude, and latitude?

thomthom

@honoluludesktop said:

result=shadowinfo["City"]=user_input

You're using the assign operation = instead of the evaluation operator ==

result == (shadowinfo["City"] == user_input)

(I'm not sure if the brackets are required to correctly evaluate that line, so I add it for safety and readability.)

honoluludesktop

This is going to take time, I can't get the code to work.

thomthom

result = (shadowinfo["City"] == user_input)

There!

Jim

Thom made a very similar typo in his example. Should be:

result = (shadowinfo["City"] == user_input)

Dan Rathbun

@honoluludesktop said:

The API is as follows:

ShadowInfo.[=SketchUp
The set value []= method is used to set the value in the array of shadow info options.
....]

Delete the word "Sketchup" (you got it from the righthand version column. It's not part of the text.)

honoluludesktop

Done, Thanks Dan.

Haven't gotten back to working on this part of the code yet.