Thanks, Jim, The 'do' command looks useful as a mechanism for combining disparate elements - I'll add it to my armoury.
The multi-dimensional array should keep the XML strings related but separate for post processing. I'm also setting a custom property on the stack as the array - to provide simple database-free persistence over time and across cards, should I need to access the XML (or more likely, cross-reference the keys) from elsewhere in the stack. Best, Keith.. On 24 May 2011, at 12:31, Jim Ault wrote: > On May 24, 2011, at 2:12 AM, Keith Clarke wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> I have a repeat loop with tCycle = 1 to 10 and for each repeat, I need to >> put something into a new variable, specific to the particular cycle - >> tResultCycle1, tResultCycle2... tResultCycle10. >> >> How does one script the creation of a unique variable for each loop, as >> LiveCode doesn't seem to like the attempted simple variable name >> concatenation in... >> >> put "something" into tResult & tCycle >> >> I'm guessing I need to define the variable's name before using it, but >> 'variableNames' doesn't seem to fit the bill and as the dictionary doesn't >> even have an entry for 'variable' (so they're obviously not important!), I'm >> struggling to find any seed terms to search the list archives. >> >> Then again, maybe I'm missing something fundamental here - my default state >> with LiveCode, it seems! :-) > > > The 'do' command is the common way to do this > > repeat with k = 1 to 10 > -- build thisVar for this loop > do "put thisVar into newVar" & k > end repeat > > You can also use > line k of fld storageFld > or > line k of aggregateVar > or > set the k of this card to thisVar > or > as you have done, use a multi dimensional array > > Minor advantage to custom props is they can be stored in the stack file. > This is good for bulding things like a list of path names and ftp site URLs > that need to be kept with the stack and are not part of user data or > preferences. > > Hope this helps > > Jim Ault > Las Vegas _______________________________________________ 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
