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12-05-07, 01:28 PM   #1
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Exclamation Bug Report: % Symbol

Hello. Using the latest version of WoW UI Designer. Found a problem with how it parses LUA code.

Specifically, I have this piece of code...

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slot  = ( aUnitNumber - 1 ) % 5 + 1;
The "%" symbol is generating an "unexpected symbol" error in the Messages section, and the line on the left side of the editor window that shows the start to end of a function, stops at the line.

Don't know why, but WOW UI Designer doesn't like to see a "%" character in LUA code, which is as far as I know, a valid math symbol in LUA (http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#2.5.1 ).
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12-06-07, 09:26 AM   #2
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Try using:

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mod(value, modulus)
to complete your equation
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12-06-07, 05:20 PM   #3
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It was probably built with 5.0, which is what WoW started out with. % used to be the upvalue operator, and in 5.0 it didn't exist at all. In 5.1, it became the modulus operator.

Look for a lua/luac.exe in the program folder and see if you can't update it to 5.1.

If all else fails, math.mod() is a valid solution.
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12-06-07, 06:47 PM   #4
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I tested around with it a bit and it's not just WoWUI Builder. Scite throws the same error when compiling
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12-07-07, 01:19 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Taffu
I tested around with it a bit and it's not just WoWUI Builder. Scite throws the same error when compiling
Again, SciTE was built with Lua 5.0. In 5.0, % was not the modulus operator. Before 5.0, it was the upvalue operator. Only in 5.1 is it the modulus operator. Use one of the two options I supplied above.
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12-07-07, 01:48 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Shirik
It was probably built with 5.0, which is what WoW started out with. % used to be the upvalue operator, and in 5.0 it didn't exist at all. In 5.1, it became the modulus operator.

Look for a lua/luac.exe in the program folder and see if you can't update it to 5.1.

If all else fails, math.mod() is a valid solution.
I ended up going with the math.mod() section when I first discovered the problem. I haven't tried replacing the lua/luac.exe files(s).

Does anyone know if this add-on still being ACTIVELY developed?
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12-09-07, 03:28 AM   #7
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I will update with this fix when I have completed some other work and made sure that I can upload executables with the current crack down.

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12-09-07, 04:58 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Nulkris
I will update with this fix when I have completed some other work and made sure that I can upload executables with the current crack down.

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You are not allowed to upload EXE files anymore. Not even within a ZIP file!
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12-09-07, 05:11 PM   #9
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This is not a mod, though. It is a program and a featured item on this site.
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