Unexpected compilation error with if() and local vars

Based on the local variables docs and the regexp capturing docs, I wrote a little statement to extract an interesting part of our request URLs for later use:

set var.zoom = if(req.http.x-normalized-url ~ "/(\d{1-2})/\d+/\d+\.[^/]*$", std.atoi(re.group.2), 0);

But this seems to fail with a compilation error:

Expected CNUM got 'if'
(program line 148), at
(input Line 356 Pos 18)
  set var.zoom = if(req.http.x-normalized-url ~ "/(\d{1-2})/\d+/\d+\.[^/]*$", std.atoi(re.group.2), 0);
-----------------##---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It looks as though the compiler is expecting a number on the right side of the set command and if isn’t satisfying that requirement.

When I rewrote the single-line if like so:

  if (req.http.x-normalized-url ~ "/(\d{1-2})/\d+/\d+\.[^/]*$") {
    set var.zoom = std.atoi(re.group.2);
  }

…it compiled without problem.

Is this a bug in the compiler? Or am I misunderstanding something?

Rogier Mulhuijzen

February 15, 2017 23:41

Currently, the if() function only returns STRING types, and thus doesn't work with non-string variables.

So it's not really a bug, it's more of a lack in features. I'll have a chat with someone working on the compiler.

February 16, 2017 01:08

Internal ticket for this issue has been created.

February 16, 2017 19:43

It does actually say

Implements a ternary operator for strings

:innocent:

ian.dees

February 16, 2017 20:16

It does indeed! Apologies.

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