in reply to: Why is it that if I explicitly want to open a file, I have to put quotes around the name, but if I put the name in a variable, I do not need the quotes?
unquoted names will be interpreted as variables ; with quotes, interpreter knows that it is a literal STRING. being in a variable is self-delimiting; no need for quotes. On Sunday, September 21, 2014 6:16 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Alain, Why is it that if I explicitly want to open a file, I have to put quotes around the name, but if I put the name in a variable, I do not need the quotes? Thank you again, Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alain Farmer" <[email protected]> To: "How to use LiveCode" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 4:09 PM Subject: Re: reading a file > replace: > put quote & it & quote into thisFile > with > put it into thisFile > > > On Sunday, September 21, 2014 6:03 PM, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Could anyone please explain why the following script does not work? > (It puts into the field the name of the selected file and not the contents > of the file. > > on mouseUp > > answer file "Select a file." > > put quote & it & quote into thisFile > > open file thisFile > > read from file thisFile until EOF > > put it into field myOutput > > close file thisFile > > end mouseUp > > > > Thanks, > > Larry > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
