the 2nd one is the one most readable to me so thats the one i would use On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 6:08 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Knapp Martin wrote: > > I have a tab delimited list where item 4 is a number and I'm adding > > things up. What is considered best practice when doing this? > > > > add item 4 of line x of tList to tRunningTotal > > or > > add (item 4 of line x of tList) to tRunningTotal > > or > > add value(item 4 of line x of tList) to tRunningTotal > > > > Marty > > IMO whatever is the easiest to write and read that gets the job done is > the best option. > > The first example above seems simplest to me. > > The second one isn't bad, but the third one should be avoided unless you > have something in the data that requires the overhead of adding a call to > the value function. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode