On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Kay C Lan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand your problem fully but I think 'repeat for each > key' and the value() function might help. > In the message box: > > put 5 into tApple --put something into various variables > put 50 into tBanana > put 5000 into tCarrot > put "tApple" into aArray[a] --build an array > put "tBanana" into aArray[b] > put "tCarrot" into aArray[c] > repeat for each key tKey in aArray > put "tKey = " & tKey & "; Variable = " & aArray[tKey] & " = " & > value(aArray[tKey]) & cr after msg > end repeat > > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > Is there a "decent" way to load variables from an array without "do" or a > > long list of commands? > > > > If theList[pageName] is "cat page" and so forth, I can > > > > repeat for each word theVar in "pageName pageHeight pageWidth" > > do "put " & theList[theVar] & " into " & theVar > > end repeat > > > > but this will cause a slew of compiles. > > > > I could also rattle off the list, but this is more maintainable. > > > > Is there a better way to do this? > > -- > > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > > (702) 508-8462 > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Sent from my iPodo - it makes weird spelling sometimes :-P _______________________________________________ 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
