Script windows empty if MTBR tablename contains only digits

Hello everybody,

I noticed that if a MTBR / MTBF table name only contains digits (or at least starts with a digit) and I want to view the one of the funtion codes, the script editor window appears empty.

When I rename the table so it stars with a letter, everything is fine.

Is there a fix or explanation for this?

Thank you in advance!
Jens

With a few exceptions, object and node names in Flexsim should follow C++ naming rules:
"A valid identifier is a sequence of one or more letters, digits or underscore characters (_). Neither spaces nor punctuation marks or symbols can be part of an identifier. Only letters, digits and single underscore characters are valid. In addition, variable identifiers always have to begin with a letter. In no case can they begin with a digit." (http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/variables/)

Flexsim object and node names are frequently used in paths, which can take names or ranks as valid inputs:

node("/Tools/MTBFMTTR/6",model()) will point to the 6th node in the MTBFMTTR node of the Tools folder.

If you name the first MTBFMTTR object as "6542", then a path to that object will be looking for the object at rank 6542, which probably isn't the correct object.

Also, you may make variables out of object names, and variables cannot start with a number.


Question:

Originally Posted by Jens Mühlheimer

Is there a fix or explanation for this?

Answer:

Originally Posted by Jens Mühlheimer

When I rename the table so it starts with a letter, everything is fine.

That explains a few things
Phil, thank you very much!

// Just in case somebody has the same question: I solved this by naming the MTBR / MTTR tables x123456 and then using this command to get the actual name:

string myname = stringcopy(getname(current),2,stringlen(getname(current)));