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Posted on by UK_Mike

Hmmm...

The %Matches% result = Ebay

The %Ebay% var value = Ebay

Doesnt work when "equal to" but does work when set to "contains"... ?

Also doesnt work when hardcoded "Ebay" is in the second operand (in the If).

Thoughts...

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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Do you have white space in one of those variables, such as "ebay{space}" or "{space}ebay"?

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Hey Mike, no pal, triple checked everything.
Im wondering if im getting the match result with a space after.
As in result = Ebayspace

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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That's what I was asking. If so, Trim Text (white spaces from beginning and end) and try that.

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UK_Mike on at

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I thought you meant my var rather than the output var.
Ive just trimmed the resulting match, beginning and end, no joy...

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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Are they both Text Variables? Or is 1 a List?

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UK_Mike on at

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Set Ebay to %Ebay% is the first var.
The %matches% is produced from the Parse Text action.
No lists...

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UK_Mike on at

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Output from the %Matches%

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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Yup, it's a List, so you need %Matches[0]%.

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Henrik_M 2,021 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Wouldn't the following code yield the desired result with less effort?

IF Contains(ExtractedPDFText, $'''@ebay.''', True) THEN Display.ShowMessageDialog.ShowMessage Message: $'''The PDF contains an ebay email address!!!''' Icon: Display.Icon.None Buttons: Display.Buttons.OK DefaultButton: Display.DefaultButton.Button1 IsTopMost: False END

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UK_Mike on at

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Dagnabit !!! Genuinely thought it would just pull the output rather than having to specify the index 🙄
Im still stumped why it matched contains but not equal to, as I didnt specify the index ? Could you explain why ?

So, as every result will be at 0 index therefore I just have to set print to %Matches[0]%, I can live with that.

Thanks 😀

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