On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Yingjie Lin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Angel and Bob,
>
> >> I think the example might be a bit confusing for newbies like me :)
> >
> > Why do you think so? It says clearly that "a" must be a Jmol variable.
> > I don't see where your "myvariable" comes from. Javascript?
>
> I am sorry. I take it back.
> You are right. What's in the documentation is correct.
>
> Here's a summary of what I was confused about:
> 1. jmolEvaluate("a")
>
as long as you have created the variable a in Jmol, that's right.
2. jmolEvaluate("print a")
>
nope, can't do that, because you also can't do this:
print print a
> 3. jmolEvaluate("script('print a')")
>
ok
> 4. jmolEvaluate("script('a')")
>
can't do that, because a is not a script command.
> "a" is a variable I defined in jmolScript. 1 and 3 work, while 2 and 4 do
> not.
>
>
exactly. Takes some getting used to.
> Thanks!
>
> Yingjie
>
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:04:01 -0500
> > From: Robert Hanson <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Jmol-users] jmolEvaluate problem
> > To: [email protected]
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> >
> > Actually, what you have there will not work, and what is in the
> > documentation is correct. I think part of the confusion relates to what
> sort
> > of variable "myvariable" is -- presumably this is a JmolScript variable,
> > right? Then you want
> >
> > jmolEvaluate("myvariable")
> >
> > just like you would use
> >
> > print myvariable
> >
> > If myvariable is a JavaScript variable, then you need to do it some other
> > way.
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
>
>
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