RESULT is a system local variable (in computations) that stores the result of the computation while it is processed; the computation returns the value of RESULT once it is completely processed.
As you write computations, you often need Author to acknowledge what
the result would be at that point in the script. You can update this answer
by using the RESULT expression.
| Expression name | Model | After you drag and drop the model into the script tab: | Expression returns: |
| RESULT | RESULT |
Blank – you provide the expression you want HotDocs to find
the result of (see example below). |
A date, number, text or true/false value |
Suppose you are creating a list of editors. You want to combine Editor First Name TE and Editor Last Name TE as well as the literal text Editor:. You must use RESULT to force HotDocs to acknowledge the result of the computation before you add the next item to the text string:
""
REPEAT Editor Information
RESULT + Editor First Name + " " + Editor Last Name + ", Editor" + "
"
END REPEAT
In this computation, the RESULT expression returns the value of Editor First Name and adds it to the value of Editor Last Name. The RESULT expression updates the list each time a new editor is added to the list. If no RESULT expression were used, HotDocs would merge just the first name entered in the list.
After you download the example template, you can import the template to any workspace to see this example code in action.