combine strings

[jandirkv]

Hello,

I want to combine two textstrings in dzvents but I cant get it to work.

I want to combine a piece of a url (http://api.pilot.patrickferreira.com/w6PLXsg32Dy/') with a piece of text to create a url that I can open in dzvents to send a notification. is this possible in dzvents?

[waaren]

Combine strings in dzVents ( dzVents = LUA)

resultString = string1 .. string2

[jandirkv]

Thanks the combining works so I'm 1 step closer.

What is try to do is add the time in my message. I tried it like this.

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local setURL
local Header
local Message
local MessageURL
local Now

	Now = domoticz.time
            setURL=('http://api.pilot.patrickferreira.com/w6PsfgLXh32Dy/')
            Header=('de lamp is niet meer/')
            Message=('aan sinds ')
            MessageURL= setURL .. Header .. Message .. Now
            domoticz.openURL(MessageURL)

This is working as long as I only use text. as soon as I try to incorperate the time from domoticz I get the following error.

attempt to concatenate upvalue 'Now'

or

Attempt to call Global time

So what I try to do is convert The time to a textstring so i can use it in my url variable

[waaren]

In dzVents, a time-like attribute is an object with properties and methods meaning you have to specify what you want from it.

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Now = domoticz.time
print("************* getISO(): " .. Now.getISO())
print("************* hour: " .. Now.hour)
print("************* seconds: " .. Now.seconds )
print("************* minutes: " .. Now.minutes )
print("************* combined: " .. Now.hour .. ":" .. Now.minutes .. ":" .. Now.seconds )

[jandirkv]

thanks
the following did work for me.

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now= (Now.hour .. ":" .. Now.minutes .. ":" .. Now.seconds )