Jim, Try this for your second line:
answer the name of image i in group "players_group" The problem is that the number of the images change when you add an image to the card. Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Biancolo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: Re: Looping Over Groups? > Hi folks, > > I've run into an additional problem here, and I hope you can help . . . > > I've created a group of 14 images. As advised, I loop over them like so: > > repeat with i = 1 to the number of images in group "players_group" > answer the name of image i > end repeat > > Works great. When I click on the "Object --> Edit Group" menu, all 14 show > up as expected. > > However, when I add another image to the card (but not to the group) and > run the same code, the new image is included in the loop (even though it's > NOT in the group), and the last image in the group is not (even though it > should be). When I click on the "Object --> Edit Group" command my > original 14 images are there and the new image is not, which is what I'd > expect. It's the looping behavior that is not what I'd expect. It seems > (just guessing though) to be pulling the image at positions 1 through 14 > regardless of whether or not they are in the group. Am I doing something > wrong, or is there another approach I should be taking? > > Thanks! > > Jim > > At 03:42 PM 9/18/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >At 3:09 PM -0700 9/18/2002, Jim Biancolo wrote: > > >Is there a way to loop over the images in a group? I tried these: > > > > > > repeat for each image I in group "my_group" > > > repeat for each item I in group "my_group" > > > repeat for each object O in group "players_group" > > > > > >All failed to compile. Then I hit on: > > > > > > repeat for each element E in group "players_group" > > > > > >It compiled, but then when I tried to run it I got this error: > > > > > > Error description: Chunk: source is not a container > > > > > >I fear I'm missing something obvious. Any advice? > > > >I think people have been so enthusiastic about advising the efficient > >"repeat for each" form that the other forms have gotten a little eclipsed. > >;-) > > > >The "repeat for each" form can be used to iterate over chunks in a string - > >characters, words, lines, items - or over each element in an array, but it > >can't be used to iterate over objects. The first and third variations you > >tried wouldn't compile because "repeat for each image" and "repeat for each > >object" aren't valid forms of the repeat loop. The second one, "repeat for > >each item", is valid... but in this context, an "item" is a part of a > >string, not an object, so this doesn't work either. And the fourth, while a > >valid form, requires an array, not a group reference. > > > >Here's a form that will work: > > > > repeat with x = 1 to the number of images in group "my_group" > > answer the name of image x -- or whatever > > end repeat > > > >-- > >Jeanne A. E. DeVoto ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Runtime Revolution Limited - The Solution for Software Development > >http://www.runrev.com/ > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >use-revolution mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution