Re: MatchText creates variables?

2001-07-26 Thread Klaus Major 

Hi Geoff,

actually the MC-help says that variabels have to be declared before
using them in matchtext(...)

> In the docs, it says to be sure to initialize variables before using them to
> store matches found with MatchText. Yet the following works:
> 

local tNeverInitialized ###!!! this is what the help means !!!
on mouseUp
   get matchText("test this","(.*) ",tNeverInitialized)
   put tNeverInitialized -- puts test , not reliable, see below
end mouseUp

> Any ideas?

Sometimes some things work like not expected ;-), even in MC...
(in a good or bad manner...)

Fact is: NEVER rely on these anomalies 
I did once and the shit done hit the fan...


Hope this helps.



Regards

Klaus Major <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
MetaScape GmbH


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MatchText creates variables?

2001-07-26 Thread Geoff Canyon 

In the docs, it says to be sure to initialize variables before using them to store 
matches found with MatchText. Yet the following works:

on mouseUp
  get matchText("test this","(.*) ",tNeverInitialized)
  put tNeverInitialized -- puts test
end mouseUp

Any ideas?

MC 2.3.2, Mac OS 9

regards,

Geoff


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