[SOLVED] Can not convert to long value

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules
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try to create a rule for Telegram binding on OH 2.5 to reply on ping in same chat, therfore I need to convert chatId to long, which seems I’m not able to.

item definition
String telegramChatId "Telegram ChatId" (gTST) {channel = "telegram:telegramBot:20c8999f:chatId"}

rule

rule "Telegram ping"
when
  Item telegramMessage received update
then
  if (telegramMessage.state == "ping") {
    val telegramAction = getActions("telegram","telegram:telegramBot:20c8999f")
    telegramAction.sendTelegram((telegramChatId.state as Number).longValue(), "pong")
    // Could not cast 106878302 to java.lang.Number;
    //telegramAction.sendTelegram((telegramChatId.state as DecimalType).longValue(), "pong")
    // Could not cast 106878302 to org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.types.DecimalType;
    //telegramAction.sendTelegram(106878302L, "pong")
    // works!
  }
end

it doesn’t matter if I do as Number or as DecimalType, it just can’t cast it to that type.

what I’m doing wrong here?

2

Your Item is of String type, so you cannot simply cast it to a Number or DecimalType; you need string to long conversion. Something like this should work:

telegramAction.sendTelegram(Long::parseLong(telegramChatId.state.toString), "pong")
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yessss, that dit it. thanks a lot!

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Glad I could help. I know OH has a somewhat steep learning curve but the rewards when the magic kicks in make it all worthwhile…:grin:
And of course, Happy New Year and welcome to the community!