http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Running-an-ImageJ-macro-in-a-java-plugin-tp5010403p5010410.html
> Thank you - I succeeded in passing an argument to the macro like this:
>
> String simpleMacro =
> //"String XdotY=getArgument();" +
> "greeting = getArgument();"+
> "print(greeting);";
>
> IJ.runMacro(simpleMacro,"hi");
>
> But I still have a problem - I am unable to use a return statement. For
> example, this doesn't work:
>
> String simpleMacro2 =
> //"String XdotY=getArgument();" +
> "greeting = getArgument();"+
> "return(greeting);";
>
> String hello = IJ.runMacro(simpleMacro2,"hi");
> IJ.log(hello);
>
> I don't get any output - I get an error message saying: "invalid context".
>
> Thanks,
> Avital
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Ben Tupper <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 13, 2014, at 6:57 AM, Avital Steinberg <
[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > I am trying to run an ImageJ macro in a java plugin using IJ.runMacro. I
>> > would like to understand how to pass the macro a string argument. The
>> > following code doesn't work:
>> >
>> > String simpleMacro =
>> > "String greeting = getArgument();"+
>> > "print(greeting);";
>> >
>> > IJ.runMacro(simpleMacro,"hi");
>> >
>> > What am I doing wrong? How can I pass the macro the string argument "hi"
>> > and get the macro to print it?
>> >
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think that your simpleMacro needs to point to the file where the macro
>> is stored. That said, it is an interesting idea to construct macros on the
>> fly to run from a script/plugin. Anyway, the details can be found here...
>>
>>
>>
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/developer/api/ij/IJ.html#runMacro(java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String)
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ben
>>
>>
>> > Thank you,
>> > Avital
>> >
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