I wrote and use this. Is it any use to you?:
function splitTable pData, pDel
set the itemdel to pDel
repeat with rNum = 1 to the number of lines in pData
put item 2 to 50 of line 1 of pData into tListA[item 1 of pData]
delete line 1 of pData
end repeat
return tListA
end splitTable
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On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 at 13:55, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Richmond wrote:
>
> > So: I have a socking-great multidimensional array that I display in a
> > table field by using
> >
> > combine
> >
> > as in:
> >
> > combine myGUFF using return and tab
> > put myGUFF into field "completeGUFF"
> >
> > but then I realise I want to go on working with my array "myGUFF"
> > but as it has been turned into some sort of delimited text variable
> > I need to convert it back to an array . . .
>
> Multidimensional arrays don't lend themselves well to tabular
> presentation or the split/combine commands.
>
> But if all you're looking for is display, would the tree widget help?
>
> You can assign any array to the widget's arrayData, with some handy
> options in the Inspector for how things are displayed.
>
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Systems
> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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