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Chad_Roberts_21
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusDash in a data group list name
I recently wrote a few rules which referenced new data group lists, and things bugged out on me. (That's what I get for slapping new iRules into production without full testing, confident in my understanding of iRule logic. D'oh!) After some frustration and head-smacking, I realized that the log entries' "no such variable" references only mentioned the variable names up to the dash.
Why, then, am I even able to put a dash in the name at all?? Is this a bug, or is there a reason for it to be allowed which I am completely missing here.
Thanks,
dbw
- Dashes in variables is allowed, but you need to enclose them in curly braces. Underscores are ok but TCL interprets the dashes as a special character and terminates the variable at the dash. To bypass this surround the name with curly braces.
$::{data-group-name}
Give that a shot and see if it works for you.
-Joe 
Chad_Roberts_21Well that figures. heh Too late now, as I've rewritten them all in order to get everything working immediately, but thanks for explaining it to me.
