Remember that there is the customKeys set and if you do this:
put "ABC" into myCustomPropNameVar
put "123" into myCustomPropValue
set the myNewPropSet[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack to
myCustomPropValue
You are creating a new key set. If you look at the Custom Properties page of
the inspector window, you won't see your "ABC" property in the list. Under
the list of properties is a pop-up menu called Set. If you look in there
you'll see "myNewPropSet" and if you select that, you'll see the ABC custom
property with the 123 value in it.
If you want a property to be in the main set ("customKeys") AND you want
that property to be an array, you can't set the individual elements of the
area IN the set command. You have to modify a local array variable and then
set the property to that.
In my example above, the value is just "123", but if you want that to be an
array, it would go like this:
put "ABC" into myCustomPropNameVar
put "123" into myCustomPropValue[ "x1" ]
put "456" into myCustomPropValue[ "x2" ]
set the customKeys[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack to
myCustomPropValue
Not the use of the "customKeys" name. If you use array notation in the set
command for properties, you are messing with sets, not the contents of the
properties.
~ Chris Innanen
~ Nonsanity
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Glen Bojsza <gboj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> The do script produces what I want (myscore should be score in the example)
> though I am still working through your array structure to see if I can get
> the same results... so far no luck.
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Mark Schonewille <
> m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Glen,
> >
> > One of the problems is that testname and testname[student] are different
> > variables. First it is a simple variable, but next it is an array. When
> you
> > turn testname into an array, the variable is cleared and as soon as it is
> > cleared testname is parsed as plane text and hence as a property name.
> >
> > You might use the "do" variable:
> >
> > put 10 into score
> > put "math" into myVarName
> > put "set the" && myVarName & "[" & quote & myStudent & quote & "] of this
> > stack to myScore" into myScript
> > do myScript
> >
> > But why would you do this? It is much easier to use a straightforward
> array
> > structure by writing the following...
> >
> > put the cStudentScores of me into myStudentScoresArray
> > put "math" into mySubject
> > put "John" into myStudent
> > put 10 into myScore
> > put myScore into myStudentScoresArray[mySubject][myStudent]
> > set the cStudentScores of me to myStudentScoresArray
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Mark Schonewille
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> > On 27 apr 2011, at 18:27, Glen Bojsza wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Hopefully someone is still looking at the list while the conference is
> > going
> > > on...
> > >
> > > I want to create a customkey from a variable.
> > >
> > > on mouseup
> > > put "Math" into testname
> > > set the testname[student] of this stack to score
> > > end mouseup
> > >
> > > this doesn't create the customkey or properties for me but if I don't
> use
> > a
> > > variable it will work?
> > >
> > > on mouseup
> > > set the Math[student] of this stack to score
> > > end mouseup
> > >
> > > I really would like to use a variable so I can automatically create the
> > > customkeys on the fly.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > Glen
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