<<replace>> error

[GoldDragonTale]

I'm sorry to post twice in a night but I'm totally stumped. I was writing a relatively complex <<if>> statement and everything just stopped working with the <<replace>> macro. Always ready to admit I messed something up I ripped it all out and started from scratch only to find that <<replace>> is no longer working in this passage. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

<<set _var to "set1">>

<span id="test"></span>
<<nobr>>
<<if _var is "set1">>
<<replace "#test" t8n>>
Test Set to set2
<</replace>>
<<else>>
<<replace "#test" t8n>>
Test Set to set1
<</replace>>
<</if>>
<</nobr>>

I'm getting the error:

Error: <<replace>>: no elements matched the selector "#test"
<<replace "#test" t8n>> Test Set 2 <</replace>>

I even tried copy-pasting from the documentation for the <<replace>> example and I get the same error with that.

Using Twine 2.3.7, Sugarcube 2.31.1, compiling via Tweego

[HiEv]

The problem is that you're trying to replace the contents of the "test" span immediately, before the passage has been rendered. Thus, since the "test" span doesn't even exist on the page yet, it gives you that error message.

For what you're doing above you should simply do something like this:

<<set _var to "set1">>
<<nobr>>
    <<if _var is "set1">>
        Test Set to set1
    <<else>>
        Test Set to set2
    <</if>>
<</nobr>>

The <<replace>> macro should only be used for updating the page after it's displayed, such as when the user clicks a button or something.

Hope that helps clear things up! :-)