By the way, where do you find information like this? After being informed of the wonderful Result[String] format, I exhaustively searched through the Gambas documentation and did not see any mention of it. Is this a new style that is not yet documented, of I have missed finding something in the documentation?
Jeff H On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 10:50 +0930, Bruce Bruen wrote: > On Wednesday, April 13, 2011 09:21:05 AM Jeff Halverson wrote: > > I have something that is puzzling me that seems easy to do, but I can't > > figure it out... I was hoping somebody might be able to help. > > > > If I have the following available from a resultset: > > > > DataSummary!InvestmentName > > DataSummary!BrokerName > > DataSummary!ManagementCompanyName > > DataSummary!RegionName > > > > And I want to be able to use each of those fields above in a function, > > such as the example below: > > > > IF TextToSearchFor = DataSummary!RegionName THEN > > ' Do a bunch of stuff > > END IF > > > > Is there a way to replace the "DataSummary!RegionName" within the > > function with a variable that will evaluate to the resultset value? > > Maybe something like: > > > > FieldToSearchFor = "DataSummary!RegionName" > > IF TextToSearchFor = Evaluate(FieldToSearchFor) THEN > > ' Do a bunch of stuff > > END IF > > > > Obviously the above doesn't work, but is there some means in Gambas to > > achieve this result? > > > > Any help is greatly appreciately. > > > > Jeff H > > Tokyo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and > > minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave > > Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service > > providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services > > and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo > > _______________________________________________ > > Gambas-user mailing list > > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > > > Sub Search(SearchCol as String) AS Whatever > ... > ...DataSummary[SearchCol]... > DoABunchOfStuff > > etc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user