Archicad displays inconsistent text in script

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

This is happening to me rather often, and drives me crazy with error messages like "missing comma at parameter list" (as in this case) and such, until I realize what is going on. At first I copy-paste the script (select all, copy, paste) onto a text editor, check it there, give up in despair and close the object (the placed instances display as error dots), so I open the object again to find some funny “new” text appears that was not showing before (I know, because I had copy-pasted all into the text editor), in this case the last two characters, p". 
[A red flag may be some empty lines that appear at the end of the text pasted to the text editor, which were not there in the script (at first I thought I was being sloppy, then I started checking), although I have only noticed this recently and haven't checked its consistency.]

[SenecaDesignLLC]

Never had this issue. 

Are you using CMD or Ctrl a to select all?

When I select with the cursor I sometimes manage to miss select

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

Select All.

[Joachim Suehlo]

In the past years I had many strange script changes that drove me to despair, they were even more extreme than you described.
I could not find a cause for this.
Graphisoft had no reasonable explanation for it either.
Sometimes it helped to select the text completely, copy it and paste it into a text editor, and then copy it back again, but that is no patent remedy.
Most of the time it helped a bit to restart Archicad if the problem occurred several times in a row.

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

Latest example, right now. “Inconsistent types of expression at Line 3” (a simple value list).  This time I took a screenshot before closing (in top image, green is Select All text highlight). Close, reopen, mess. 

Adding text to the top of the script may be one of the triggers.

[Barry Kelly]

I have noticed random errors in scripts, text in wrong places and definitely not as I typed it.

I always script in the oldest version we use (currently 20), so I rarely script in the latest versions.

But I have noticed this problem starting to appear - never happened in version 18.

I haven't pinned down the cause but have noticed it can depend on whether you work in the script in the main object dialogue window or the pop-out script window.

I usually work in the pop-out script

In fact if you get an error and compare the two, you will see they are not the same.

It seems to happen most often when copy & paste is used - looks good where you are working but not in the alternate script window.

Barry.

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

Right now, on AC25. Working on the main object window. Mystery error…

close, reopen, surprise.

 

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

[Following Barry’s idea of comparing main window with pop-out window:] Type, Save, error warning, Save anyway, open pop-out, compare. [Inline image is not working for me and the attachment will be legible.]

This is becoming a very serious pain, it is not over in one pass, whack-a-mole scripting. AC25 INT on OS Monterey, but I've seen it across at least a couple other versions and MacOSs.

[Barry Kelly]

I liked your post - although I obviously don't like what is happening.

I can't understand how the two views of the same script can be different.

It is very annoying although (touch wood) it hasn't happened to me for a while which is why I have not posted an example.

Thanks for doing that.

Barry.

[Ignacio Azpiazu]

I have uploaded images often, including three times in this thread. It was just not working when I tried. Right now it is not expanding the image when I click on it. Whatever.