Oopsie! I meant this to be a back-channel message to Jacque. Fortunately, I don't think I embarrassed myself or Jacque.
Sorry for the inconvenience. Tim On Jun 15, 2011, at 4:58 PM, Timothy Miller wrote: > Hi Jacque, > > Thanks very much. I understand the arithmetic in your function. You just made > my life a little easier, as you have several times before. > > If I understand your article on functions correctly, a handler or a script > can do anything a function can do. However, scripts containing functions are > easier to create and maintain. Also, functions are easier to repair and > maintain, because they are not embedded in complex scripts. > > E.g. > > Put random(99) into myVar > > invokes a native LiveCode function > > If I thought about it, I could probably figure out a way to write a script or > a handler that would generate random numbers, but it would be messy, and it > would be silly to put the script in more than one place. > > Am I getting the right idea? > > There's another thingie, sort of like a function... I think it also returns a > value or list, but I can't recall what it's called and can't find it in the > dictionary under "control structures," so, never mind. > > Best regards, > > > Tim _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
