Using asterisks instead of tabs, put name*color*food Trevor*green*salad Sarah*blue*pizza
into fld 1 ---------------------------------- Use this script: ---------------------------------- on mouseUp set the itemDelimiter to "*" put fld 1 into v put line 1 of v into headers_line delete line 1 of v ------------------------------- put zero into line_num repeat for each line c_line in v add 1 to line_num put zero into item_num repeat for each item c_item in c_line add 1 to item_num put item item_num of headers_line into x put c_item into josh_array[x][line_num] ------------------------------- -- next two lines are just -- to view the resulting array ------------------------------- put josh_array[x][line_num] into y put x && line_num && y && return after h ------------------------------- end repeat end repeat put h into fld 2 end mouseUp --- On Fri, 4/9/10, Josh Mellicker <j...@dvcreators.net> wrote: > From: Josh Mellicker <j...@dvcreators.net> > Subject: what form of "split" turns a tab-delimited variable into an array > with the first line as keys? > To: "how to use Revolution" <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com> > Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 2:07 AM > Given a variable like this, where the > first line is "headers": > > name [tab] color [tab] food > Trevor [tab] green [tab] salad > Sarah [tab] blue [tab] pizza > Richard [tab] orange [tab] burgers > David [tab] purple [tab] fruit > > What is the best way to turn this into an array, where the > array keys are the first line of the variable? > > I have tried various forms of "split by" ""split using" and > ""split with" but haven't found the right formula. > Personally I find the documentation on the various forms of > the "split" and "combine" commands a bit scant. > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage > your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution