JESS: getting a handle on fact in LHS

[axelrad]

Hello,

I have a template that has a fact as a slot.

ex)

(deftemplate mainfact
(slot subfact (type OBEJCT))
(slot index))

(deftemplate subfact
(slot name)
(slot content))

I have a rule that instantiates (assert) the mainfact and subfact if my
condition is met. My problem is that if the subfact exists already it gets
asserted to false. What I need is to get a handle on the fact if it exists
and assert the mainfact with the existing subfact and a new current index.
What I do now is along the lines of:

assert mainfact (subfact xxx) (index n)

works great if the subfact doesn't exist yet: mainfact xxx n
but if the subfact exists my result is: mainfact (false) (n)

what i need is : mainfact (existing fact) (n)

I need to compare the subfacts for when they are the same and keep the one
with the higher index value. I've tried doing a query and putting that value
in but i get a jess query object instead of a fact object, and later when i
need to compare the values they are not considered the same object, even if
the slot values are correct, so I don't get the correct results when trying
to keep the mainfact with higher index value.

I can test if the fact exists already, but how can I get a handle on it to
place that value in the slot?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Monica
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