Members: Macs vs Functions

[smurphco]

In trying to make many of the operations in a large marcro more generic by placing them into functions (so I can use them more easily elsewhere in the code and in other related macros), I keep running into the "Unknown Member" error. I get this on such common operations as .from(...) and .dospath(...)

If I move this code to the macro they work fine, but in function I get the error.

Function MurFTP_OpenLame

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function $inputf [$outputf]
;2 arguments: [inputfile] and [outputfile] lame req's dospath

if(getopt(nargs) < 2) ;; if no output path/filename specified, uses same as inputfile
,str s1.getpath(inputf)  ;; gets path only
,str s2.getfilename(inputf)  ;;gets input filename no ext
,outputf.from(s1 s2 ".mp3")
,
inputf.dospath(inputf)
outputf.dospath(outputf)

str lameexe = "c:\lame.exe" ;; for forum example, proper location declared earlier in actual mac

lamestring.from(lameexe " " inputf " " outputf " -b 128""''")

system lamestring

[Gintaras]

.function(...) can be used only with str.
inputf and outputf are not str.
$ is lpstr.
~ is str.

use
function str'inputf
or
function ~inputf
or
function str&inputf
or
function ~&inputf
or
function $inputf
str s3=inputf
sr.function(...)

[smurphco]

Ahh, of course..thanks for setting me straight.