_include inside a function

lonely_girl01

Hi,

Is it possible to use _include inside a function?
'Cause when i tried, it doesn't work.


Thanks and regards.

narayan

Hi,

_include expands the script in place, before the execution starts. It is a simple string substitution. If your function and included file are well formed it will work correctly. You can look at the "Parsed Script" link on the Controller Playback tab to see how the include works.

That said, it is better to have includes at the top of a script. Let us say A includes B. Then instead of including B conditionally inside a function, include B at the top of A, but keep the code in B inside functions and then call the functions at the appropriate places in A.

Hope that helps.
Regards,
Narayan

lonely_girl01

Hi Narayan,

Right. Got it.

One more thing.
I think, _include doesn't read a variable?
I have my code like this:

var $fileName = $drive_path + "filename.sah";    
_include($fileName);

Thanks and regards.

globalworming

narayan wrote:

_include expands the script in place, before the execution starts.

The variable is empty.. or it might be more valid to say, that it isn't even recognized as a variable.

narayan

Yes, as Wormi says, when the _include is processed, the whole script is just seen as a string. It is not yet being interpreted as javascript, so the variable name will not work.

Regards,
Narayan

lonely_girl01

Thanks for the help guys.
I fully understand _include now.