Text

Text section provides blocks designed to handle and transform textual data, as well as integrate text-based input and output into your scripts. This section empowers you to:

• Represent fixed pieces of text for use in messages, labels, or conditional checks.

• Convert numbers into strings, making it easier to display values or store them as text.

• Evaluate text-based expressions, bridging the gap between string manipulation and numeric calculations.

• Print logs and messages to the MQTT broker, simplifying the debugging and monitoring of your device’s behavior.

value

Creates a text string that can be used in your program.

Parameters:

• Text Value (string)

Returns:

• String: The provided text.

Example:

Text value creation

quote

Takes an expression (or value) and converts it into a text string.

Parameters:

• Expression: A value or a mathematical expression that will be evaluated and converted into a string.

Returns:

• String: The expression, converted to a text format.

eval

Evaluates an expression from text.

Parameters:

• Expression: A text string that contains an expression or a value.

Returns:

• Any: The result of the evaluated expression.

print

Sends a log to the MQTT broker. Logs appear on the device details page.

Parameters:

• Message: A text string that will be sent to the MQTT broker.

Example:

Logging messages