...so for a random selection, enforcing the use of all 6 items, would this work?
put "1,2,3,4,5,6" into x repeat until x is empty put any item of x into y do something delete item y from x end repeat Best, Keith.. On 14 Jul 2011, at 05:58, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 7/13/11 11:33 PM, Pete wrote: >> You're right, should probably be something like "replace y& comma with >> empty in x". > > Plain old "delete" does it. > > Also, not everyone knows about the "any" keyword but it's really handy for > lines like this: > > put item random(the number of items in x) of x into y > > Which is more readable as: > > put any item of x into y > > I'm very fond of "any". > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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 _______________________________________________ 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