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.