Indirect Tag binding and the Case Statement

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Hello,

I am attempting to pull values from an (offset array number index number). Below is listed the code that I have. However, you'll see from the snip that my [.]Cut Type keeps getting returned rather than the value I'm looking for. I'm sure it's just a structuring problem so I wondered if someone could help me with the structuring. It's probably something simple but I am at a loss right now.

case(
	{[.]Cut Type},
	1, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../.. IndexNumber 3}],
	2, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	3, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	0,
)

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Fixed! Thanks for that! Still having the same issue inside the designer.

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I don't understand this. Can you add captions to the images to explain what you are showing us?

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What I'm attempting to display is the values you see from OffsetArray6(95/96/97/98). In this case, "B" from the UDT is attempting to call the value from either the Index Array 1 or 3 depending on "Cut Type" being either a 1, 2, or a 3. However, I'm having problems building the dynamic tag structure. You can see from the uploaded snip, that the "Array Number" and the "Index Number X" can have different values.

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There you can see the "Cut Type" tag returning a 1. I want to evaluate the Cut Type value, and then decide via the case statement which Array# and Index# to build onto my "OffsetArray" tag.

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I'm still looking at it.
I've noticed an incorrect comma in the original expression but I'd expect that to give you an expression error in Tag Browser. Fix it anyway!

case(
	{[.]Cut Type},
	1, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 3}],
	2, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	3, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	0,     // <---- Comma shouldn't be there.
)
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Fixed! I want to develop good habits so I'm open to any and all suggestions.

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As a debug, add a string tag, copy the binding over and edit out the tag function so that it returns the string path.

case(
	{[.]Cut Type},
	1, ("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 3}],
	2, ("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	3, ("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	0
)

Check carefully that the path is correct.

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I did that and I get a return value of 2.0

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case(
	{[.]Cut Type},
    //      ,--- unmatched {!
	1, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 3}],
	2, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	3, tag("{[.]../../OffsetArrays/OffsetArray" + {[.]../../ArrayNumber}) [{[.]../../IndexNumber 1}],
	0
)

Is the unmatched '{' the problem? It shouldn't be there.