[Solved] Looping through global variable ?

[Diplo95]

Hello,

I'm trying to loop through global variables without knowing if it's even possible. I want to get back the values stored in a global variable by another script to update a custom sensor. I tried that :

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local capteurs = {
       {  custom = 'Custom_Test1', GV = 'Value1' },
       {  custom = 'Custom_Test2', GV = 'Value2' },
       {  custom = 'Custom_Test3', GV = 'Value3' },
    }

Considering ValueX is declared in global_data.lua

Then tried that :

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for _,sonde in ipairs(capteurs) do 
       	
		local X = tostring(sonde.GV) 
		local temp = dz.globalData.X.getLatest()
		dz.devices(sonde.custom).updateCustomSensor(temp)
		
    end

and

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for _,sonde in ipairs(capteurs) do 
        	 
		local temp = dz.globalData.(sonde.GV).getLatest()
		dz.devices(sonde.custom).updateCustomSensor(temp)
		
    end

but both end with errors.

Do I try to do something possible or not ?
Thx

[waaren]

Do I try to do something possible or not ?

Yes. That is possible.
Search for "Global persistent variables" in the dzVents wiki

or build further based on below examples.
userScript.lua

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return 
{
    on = 
	{
        devices = 
		{
            'global*', -- example wildcarded trigger device
        },
    },
	
    logging =
	{
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,
        marker = 'global',
    },
	
    execute = function(dz, item)
        dz.globalData.tst.add(item.state)
        dz.log(dz.globalData.tst.getLatest().data, dz.LOG_DEBUG)
    end
}

global_data.lua

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return 
{
    data = 
    {
        tst = 
        { 
            history = true, 
            maxItems = 100, 
            maxHours = 168,
        }
    },
}

[Diplo95]

Thx Waaren for your reply but I think I was not clear. I'd like to loop in a collection of global persistent variables.

I have 3 global persistent variable. I declared them in the global_data.lua file :

globla_data.lua

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data = {
		Value1 = { history = true, maxHours =6 },
		Value2 = { history = true, maxHours =6 },
		Value3 = { history = true, maxHours =6 },
	},

Then, I have a first user script wich calculate some data to store it in them.

I'd like to use this global persistent variable in a second script, but I'd like to loop through them (as in the wiki in the "looping trough the data" section). As an example, I'd like to get back the last value of ValueX to update the custom sensor Custom_TestX, but I'm stuck there, failing to find the way to name the global variable in my loop :
I tried like this :

User_script.lua

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return {
     on = {
			timer = { 'every 1 minutes' }
		},
	
   execute = function(dz, device)

		local capteurs = {
     			 {  custom = 'Custom_Test1', GV = 'Value1' },
       			 {  custom = 'Custom_Test2', GV = 'Value2' },
       			 {  custom = 'Custom_Test3', GV = 'Value3' },
  		}
  		
 		for _,sonde in ipairs(capteurs) do 
        		local X = tostring(sonde.GV) 
			local temp = dz.globalData.X.getLatest()
			dz.devices(sonde.custom).updateCustomSensor(temp)
	end
end
}   

I also tried this version :

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return {
     on = {
			timer = { 'every 1 minutes' }
		},
	
   execute = function(dz, device)

		local capteurs = {
     			 {  custom = 'Custom_Test1', GV = 'Value1' },
       			 {  custom = 'Custom_Test2', GV = 'Value2' },
       			 {  custom = 'Custom_Test3', GV = 'Value3' },
  		}
  		
 		for _,sonde in ipairs(capteurs) do 
        		
        		local temp = dz.globalData.(sonde.GV).getLatest()
			dz.devices(sonde.custom).updateCustomSensor(temp)
	end
end
}   

But no success.

[boum]

For indexing dynamically, use the bracket operator []. Like this:

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local varName = sonde.GV 
local temp = dz.globalData[varName].getLatest()

[Diplo95]

Thx a lot : I didn't know that and it's now working as a charm !!