On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 at 23:12, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Kaveh Bazargan wrote: > > > My use case might be unusual in that I have several itemdelimiters in > > the same text. I need to record what each one is, but they must not be > > the same. I might be going off topic here, but I thought it is a > > simple way of generating a text that is guaranteed to be unique. > > The UUID function is ideal for getting a unique string. > > But maybe simpler, have you considered using an array? > > Hi Richard So far I have used arrays very rarely. Not sure why. I did not know about UUID. One advantage of using the milliseconds is that it gives me an automated timeline and speed of events, just by comparing the itemdelimiter. But my use case is probably very specific. But I feel it is a good example of the flexibility of LiveCode. :-) > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Kaveh Bazargan Director River Valley Technologies <http://rivervalleytechnologies.com/> • Twitter <https://twitter.com/kaveh1000> • LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bazargankaveh/> _______________________________________________ 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
