Re: string 2 variable??

2000-11-16 Thread Tab Julius
Technically it's the same call, just different syntax. As opposed to using the loop, which is actually a different technique. At 07:26 AM 11/16/00 -0800, Neil Madsen wrote: >>There's also a shortcut, if you know your way around, which is: >> >>on doit >> myList =[] >> setAt(myList, 100, 0

Re: string 2 variable??

2000-11-16 Thread Neil Madsen
>There's also a shortcut, if you know your way around, which is: > >on doit > myList =[] > setAt(myList, 100, 0) >end Don't forget this shortcut on doit myList = [] myList[100] = 0 end >But either way, you now have a list with 100 slots initialized to 0. Later. ...Neil [To remove

Re: string 2 variable??

2000-11-15 Thread Tab Julius
Goodness, how about using a list instead? It'll give you 100 (or 1000's) of variable "slots". To take your example directly, it'd be: on doit myList =[] repeat with i=1 to 100 myList[i] =0 end repeat end There's also a shortcut, if you know your way around, which is: on doit

Re: string 2 variable??

2000-11-15 Thread Luke Wigley
Fumio Nonaka wrote > You do not need 'repeat' loop. ;-) Hi Fumio, true -- but I reckons its a little less intuitive than explicitly setting each list entry. PS -- I was loitering around updateStage's quirk list and clicked a link to Attain's website - and noticed you guys did a port of Maratho

Re: string 2 variable??

2000-11-15 Thread Fumio Nonaka
Hi, You do not need 'repeat' loop. ;-) _ Luke Wigley wrote: > global gList > > on doIt > gList = [] -- repeat with j = 1 to 100 -- gList[j] = 0 -- end repeat gList.setAt(100, 0) > end Good luck, Fumio Nonaka Attain Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To remove yourself from this

RE: string 2 variable??

2000-11-15 Thread Jason & Merav \(BTinternet\)
'do' eh! Thank you for that! Jason. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/LUJ/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Ling

Re: string 2 variable??

2000-11-15 Thread Luke Wigley
Jason & Merav wrote > Hi, > > I want create 100 variables called 'var1', 'var2' 'var100'. > > my handler currently reads : > > on doit > repeat with i = 1 to 100 > "var"&i = 0 > end repeat > end > > but Lingo doesn't like the fact that my code is trying to set a string ... > not a variab

Re: string 2 variable??

2000-11-15 Thread Fumio Nonaka
Hi Jason, Try to modify one statement like the below. _ Jason & Merav wrote: > I want create 100 variables called 'var1', 'var2' 'var100'. > > my handler currently reads : > > on doit > repeat with i = 1 to 100 do "var"&i & "= 0" > end repeat > end > > but Lingo doesn't like

string 2 variable??

2000-11-15 Thread Jason & Merav
Hi, I want create 100 variables called 'var1', 'var2' 'var100'. my handler currently reads : on doit repeat with i = 1 to 100 "var"&i = 0 end repeat end but Lingo doesn't like the fact that my code is trying to set a string ... not a variable. Is there a way to do this Thanks