Re: from here to there

2014-10-07 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Simon wrote: > OK, then what is this? > >put "this is a sentence" into temp >if the number of chars of temp >= 1 then put the last char of temp > Well I barely passed English so again, Richmond is the one to give us the explanation of the correct grammar, bu

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread Mark Wieder
Simon- Monday, October 6, 2014, 10:03:18 PM, you wrote: > OK, then what is this? >put "this is a sentence" into temp >if the number of chars of temp >= 1 then put the last char of temp If you're referring to "the number of chars", it's an expression that evaluates to a scalar value. --

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread Simon
OK, then what is this? put "this is a sentence" into temp if the number of chars of temp >= 1 then put the last char of temp Simon -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/from-here-to-there-tp4684223p4684237.html Sent from the Revo

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread larry
I'm echoing John: Thanks Kay for the detailed explanation. That really helps us understand the LC syntax so much better! Larry - Original Message - From: "Kay C Lan" To: "How to use LiveCode" Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 8:31 PM Subject: Re: from here

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread JB
Thanks for the code examples and expllanations, Kay. I learned a whole bunch of things I did not know. John Balgenorth On Oct 6, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Kay C Lan wrote: > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:37 AM, wrote: > >> It is sort of strange to me that I want more than 1 word and so I used >> "words

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread Kay C Lan
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 6:37 AM, wrote: > It is sort of strange to me that I want more than 1 word and so I used > "words", As to how grammatically correct it is I'm sure Richmond could tell us, but I like to think of it this way, I'm not actually specifying plural what I'm doing is specifying a

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread JB
han 1 word and so I used > "words", but you guys are right of course. Just use "word" > Larry > > - Original Message - From: "Klaus major-k" > To: "How to use LiveCode" > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 4:34 PM > Subject:

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread larry
ay, October 06, 2014 4:34 PM Subject: Re: from here to there Hi Larry, Am 07.10.2014 um 00:25 schrieb : Hello, Can someone please tell me the syntax for putting words x to y from one field/var to another? I tried: put words 1 to 40 of field fld1 into field fld2 but that doesn't work

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Doub
Larry, I keep a copy of the User Guide on my desktop for just this reason. Look under the help menu. put word 1 to 5 of field “in” into field “out” -= Mike On Oct 6, 2014, at 6:25 PM, la...@significantplanet.org wrote: > Hello, > > Can someone please tell me the syntax for putting words x

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread Terry Judd
Hi Larry - try word not wordsŠ e.g. put word x to y of fld 1 into fld 2 Terry... On 7/10/2014 9:25 am, "la...@significantplanet.org" wrote: >Can someone please tell me the syntax for putting words x to y from one >field/var to another? > >I tried: >put words 1 to 40 of field fld1 into field fl

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread Dave Kilroy
Larry, try "word" instead of "words" - "Some are born coders, some achieve coding, and some have coding thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare & Hugh Senior -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/from-here-to

Re: from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread Klaus major-k
Hi Larry, Am 07.10.2014 um 00:25 schrieb : > Hello, > > Can someone please tell me the syntax for putting words x to y from one > field/var to another? > > I tried: > put words 1 to 40 of field fld1 into field fld2 > but that doesn't work. > I don't even know how to look up the syntax! Sorr

from here to there

2014-10-06 Thread larry
Hello, Can someone please tell me the syntax for putting words x to y from one field/var to another? I tried: put words 1 to 40 of field fld1 into field fld2 but that doesn't work. I don't even know how to look up the syntax! Sorry. Thanks Larry ___