Putting
local tcount
at the top of the handler fixes this for me. (Maybe somebody already said
that.)
This is a scary bug for me. I quit LiveCode after the tests.
Dar
On May 25, 2013, at 2:44 AM, Jacques Hausser wrote:
> Craig,
>
> A way to have the second script working correctly (sum on the counter array =
> 10) is to declare and fill the counter explicitly before using it; my version:
>
> on mouseup
> put "a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j" into temp
> repeat with i = 1 to 10
> put 0 into tcount[item i of temp]
> end repeat
> repeat 10
> add 1 to tcount[any item of temp]
> end repeat
> put "" into fld "F1"
> put 0 into tSum
> repeat with i = 1 to 10
> put item i of temp & " : " & tcount[item i of temp] & return after
> fld "F1"
> add tcount[item i of temp] to tSum
> end repeat
> put return & "Sum = " & tSum after fld "F1"
> end mouseUp
>
> the sum is always 10 - if you want to go back to craziness, just comment out
> the first loop. Sums between 6 and 17 in my trials.
> I also noticed that the automatic indent doesn't work correctly for the
> "repeat 10" loop - perhaps an indication that the interpreter doesn't
> understand exactly what we mean…
>
> For Alex: I didn't observe the correcting effect of adding "put counter["b"]
> into tJunk" to the loop (OS 10.8.3, either with 6.0.1 or 5.5.4). The result
> was as bad as without the command.
>
> A very intriguing bug anyway ! I filled a bug report, # 10925 (giving credit
> to Craig for his amazing discovery)
>
> Jacques
>
>
>
>
> Le 25 mai 2013 à 04:26, [email protected] a écrit :
>
>> Alex.
>>
>>
>> I am the kind of guy that is happy to solve a problem without understanding
>> it. But this one is, er, bugging me.
>>
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alex Tweedly <[email protected]>
>> To: use-livecode <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Fri, May 24, 2013 7:11 pm
>> Subject: Re: Counting problem
>>
>>
>> I see the same problem on both 5.5.3 and 6.0.1 - but testing in the
>> message box.
>>
>> Oddly, I happened to notice that if I change the script to be
>>
>> put "a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j" into temp
>> repeat 10
>> add 1 to counter[any item of temp]
>> put counter["b"] into tJunk -- i.e. I add a single useless
>> line
>> !!
>> end repeat
>>
>>
>>
>> it works just fine every time.
>> Don't know if that helps you or makes it worse :-)
>>
>> -- Alex.
>>
>> On 24/05/2013 22:56, [email protected] wrote:
>>> I know I am going to feel like a dope, but why does the first script always
>>> properly give ten counts in the array variable "counter", but the second
>>> can
>>> give anywhere from five to sixteen, and maybe others?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> on mouseUp
>>> put "a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j" into temp
>>> repeat 10
>>> get any item of temp --always gives ten
>>> add 1 to counter[it]
>>> end repeat
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>>
>>> on mouseup
>>> put "a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j" into temp
>>> repeat 10
>>> add 1 to counter[any item of temp]
>>> end repeat
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have deconstructed the problem line by watching the array in the debugger
>>> on
>>> the sly after each iteration. It goes crazy, sometimes the count of a
>>> particular
>>> char going DOWN.
>>>
>>>
>>> Craig Newman
>
>
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