We are not talking about different things, but the same thing from different angles. I misinterpreted what you wanted to do from your example. What you do manually is creating an associative array with a numeric array as the values for each key in the associative array, which should work well. I should learn to read before I write, just as I should learn to listen for the questions before I give the answers. My students have told me as much, more than once! :-)
Best Regards Tore > 19. sep. 2018 kl. 00:01 skrev Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > Tore, must be talking about different things. > > fld "tQuote" = > > Cut the apple. Cut the banana. > > > I CAN manually create what we need > > *on*mouseup > > * put*"100,320"intoWordLocationsA["Cut"][1] > > * put*"300,320"intoWordLocationsA["Cut"][2] > > * put*"200,320"intoWordLocationsA["the"][1] > > * put*"400,320"intoWordLocationsA["the"][2] > > * put*"500,320"intoWordLocationsA["apple"][1] > > * put*"700,320"intoWordLocationsA["banana"][1] > > * put*thekeysofWordLocationsA > > *end*mouseup > > > Craig has almost got it > > > *on*mouseUp > > * repeat* withy = 1tothenumberofwordsoffld"tQuote" > > * put*wordy offld"tQuote"intotWord > > * select*wordy offldtQuote > > * put*theselectedLocintowordLocationA[tWord][x] > > * end* *repeat* > > *end*mouseUp > > # how to get "x" to increment? but only by each key in the array? > > *on*mouseup > > * repeat* withy = 1tothenumberofwordsoffld"tQuote" > > * select*wordy offld"tQuote" > > * put*wordy offld"tQuote"&"|"& theselectedLoc& crafterwordLocationsA > > * end* *repeat* > > * delete*char-1 ofwordLocationsA > > * split*wordLocationsA bycrand"|" > > * put*thekeysofwordLocationsA intofld"result" > > *end*mouseUp > > #only on location is saved (of course) > > > > > > > > On 9/18/18 7:15 AM, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: >> You can not put the incrementing numeric key inside an associative array the >> way you want. The key of any array must be unique, and you can not have >> several instances of a key in an array. Think of the keys of the array it as >> the primary keys of a database table. It serves as a unique identifier. >> >> Best regards >> Tore Nilsen >> >> >> >> >> >>> 18. sep. 2018 kl. 17:41 skrev Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>> >>> My head always breaks on complex array functions. I can't head around >>> this algorithm >>> >>> Given a "quote" in a field >>> >>> "Cut the apple. Cut the banana" >>> >>> We get to location for each word (that is easy) >>> >>> I want to analyse the quote by going through each word. >>> >>> *----------* >>> >>> *repeat* withx = 1tothenumberofwordsoffld"_quote" >>> >>> # get the location of the word, put it into variable tWordLocation >>> >>> put tWordLocation to the WordLocationA[x][??][tWordLocation] >>> >>> end repeat >>> >>> ------- >>> >>> that we end with >>> >>> WordLocationA["Cut"][1][100,320] >>> WordLocationA["Cut"][2][300,320] >>> WordLocationA["the"][1][200,320] >>> WordLocationA["the"][2][400,320] >>> WordLocationA["apple"][2][500,320] >>> WordLocationA["banana"][2][500,320] >>> >>> the "part" where incrementing the numeric key inside the repeat loop, >>> "inside" the key, I can't get. >>> >>> BR >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
