Watch.ExpandString

Provides access to the emulated job file and to all variables. This function returns a string that is the expanded version of the input string.

Syntax

Watch.ExpandString(StringToExpand) -> string

Arguments

StringToExpand —A regular parseable string that may contain system variables (%u, %f), user variables (%1 to %9), octal codes, and data selections.

Example

This example results in expanding the string of the variables to the date value in the following format: “YYYY-MM-DD”.

VBScript

Dim s
s= Watch.ExpandString("%y-%m-%d")
Watch.Log "Current Date is: " + s, 2

JavaScript

var s;
s= Watch.ExpandString("%y-%m-%d");
Watch.Log("Current Date is: " + s, 2);

Python

s= Watch.ExpandString("%y-%m-%d")
Watch.Log("Current Date is: " + s, 2)

Perl

$s = $Watch->ExpandString("%y-%m-%d");
$Watch->Log("Current Date is: " . $s,2);