Variable Help

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Does anyone know why these doesn't work in RM but do in WC.
IF (GC Daily Events eventTime(Thu Jul 15 09:15:00 BST 2021) contains %eDate%(F) [FALSE]) THEN
or this
IF (Variable eDate(Thu Jul 15) contains %eDate%(F) [FALSE]) THEN
or this
IF (Variable eDate(Thu Jul 15) = %eDate%(F) [FALSE]) THEN

The last 2 were just testing, all should equal true but don't

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It's hard to say without seeing how you actually have this setup in Rule Machine (not sure if you're able to post screenshots), but variables written in %variableName% format not evaluate to the value of the variable except where specifically allowed, i.e., this will not work as you expect:

Rule 4.1 screenshot: variable name enclosed with percent signs in 'string value' box
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What you need to do instead is check the "Relative to a variable?" box, then you can choose the acutal variable to use for the comparison. Typing something into the box (like I did above) will just use that value as a literal string.

I didn't have a second variable I could use to perform a real-world test like you do, but this contrived example did work for me:

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Thank you very much for your reply, the Relative to a variable didn't come up for me, because i used a device attribute (eventTime) from calendar search driver, I now use another variable which i set the attribute too. Thanks again for your help much appreciated

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Ah, yes, that is the workaround if you need to do this kind of manipulation with a device attribute (storing that attribute to a variable, where you can do these operations on it). Glad you got something figured out!