Find out if an item is in another group

Setup, Configuration and Use Runtime
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I’ve got a rule that picks out an Item based upon how long its been run for, and if its ON, I then want to check whether that Item is in another Group so I can apply a different set of conditions to it.

Is there an easy way to do this? Something like

 if(MyItem IS IN THIS GROUP){
 do something } else { do something different}

Google suggests that I have to iterate through the group, filtering as I go, whereas I want to work on a single item

Items File

 Group:Number:AVG gChargerTimes
 Group:Switch:AND(OFF,ON) gChargers
 Group gSmallBattery
 Switch Charger1	(gChargers,gSmallBattery)
 Switch Charger2	(gChargers)
 Switch Charger3	(gChargers,gSmallBattery)

Rules File

 rule "when something happens check the charger powers"
 gChargerTimes.members.sortBy[ -(state as Number) ].forEach[ NumberItem rT |
val offchargerName = rT.name.toString.split('Mins').get(1)
var offchargerItem = gInverterChargers.members.findFirst[ i | i.name == offchargerName ] as GenericItem
 
  // in here I want to check if the item is a member of gSmallBattery and then process it differently	

 if (offchargerItem.state == ON && ChargeOFF > UsablePower.state as Number){
      offchargeritem.sendCommand(OFF)
   }
   ]
  end
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 MyItem.groups.contains("gSmallBattery")

I’m going from memory so there might be something wrong with this but it should be close.

3

Thanks for the reply.
The method or field groups is undefined for the type GenericItem according to VSCode
Adding a log statement tells me that the GenericItem variable does contain the group information,

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Maybe get groups. If you search the forum for “contains” I’m sure you will find an example.

5

Thanks for the pointer, this works

if (offchargerItem.toString.contains("gSmallBattery")){//do stuff}
6

Rich may have been going for…

if (offchargerItem.getGroupNames.contains("gSmallBattery")) {//do stuff}

or you could do this…

if (gSmallBattery.members.contains(offChargerItem)) {//do stuff}
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