From 4a991fd1393b9a8a24c377eb9cb0740586503d55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Pielsticker <50139597+lukaspie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 11:29:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] handle variable-name attributes in writer

---
 src/pynxtools/dataconverter/helpers.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pynxtools/dataconverter/helpers.py b/src/pynxtools/dataconverter/helpers.py
index 605847cd0..c3bd192cf 100644
--- a/src/pynxtools/dataconverter/helpers.py
+++ b/src/pynxtools/dataconverter/helpers.py
@@ -590,8 +590,10 @@ def get_regex():
     results = get_regex().search(entry)
     if results is None:
         return entry
+
     if entry[0] == "@":
-        return "@" + results.group(1)
+        name = results.group(1)
+        return name if name.startswith("@") else "@" + name
     return results.group(1)