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Hi. I'm running into a new issue scripting something and I'm not sure why it's happening.

I've created a handful of scripts with basic if statements by getting a variable and then testing it by name without an issue.

For some reason I've created a new script and cannot get the if statement to test true without adding a .value to the end of the variable name.

For example the script below does not work:

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Humidistat = indigo.variables[723609922]
Dehumidifier = indigo.variables[1735952667]

if Humidistat == "Off" and Dehumidifier == "On":
   indigo.actionGroup.execute(72705535)

For example the script below does work:

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Humidistat = indigo.variables[723609922]
Dehumidifier = indigo.variables[1735952667]

if Humidistat.value == "Off" and Dehumidifier.value == "On":
   indigo.actionGroup.execute(72705535)

Is there a certain requirement that I have to add the .value to the end to certain variables?

Humidistat = indigo.variables[723609922] is not a variable, its a definition of a shortcut for indigo.variables[723609922]

indigo.variables[723609922].value is the expression that gets the value

Thanks! I completely forgot to add it. Thank you.