Try this in a button, Hope that's an answer to your question? on mouseUp put "a"&tab&"b"&tab&"c" & return into aVar put "x"&tab&"y"&tab&"z" after aVar -- set the columndelimiter to tab -- default -- set the rowdelimiter to return -- default split aVar by column combine aVar by row put aVar end mouseUp
Regards, Chis Heidecker > Op 12 feb 2026, om 18:11 heeft Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode > <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven: > > It's rather late in my LiveCode (Revolution) career to be asking this > question, but here we are. > > I happened to be looking at the Dictionary entry for 'combine', and was > excited to find two variants of the command that I didn't now about. The > dictionary lists three forms: > >> COMBINE arrayName {USING | BY | WITH} primaryDelimiter [AND >> secondaryDelimiter] >> COMBINE arrayName {USING | BY | WITH} primaryDelimiter as SET >> COMBINE arrayName {USING | BY | WITH} {row | column} > > (I've capitalised the words which appear in a colour in the dictionary > presumably as keywords.) > > Well I knew the first form; I hadn't come across the other two (in fairness > to me, the last form is apparently relatively new, the dictionary entry says > that it was added in 2.8.1.) > >> If you use the as set form the combine command rebuilds the list using the >> delimiter passed; the values of the array are ignored. > > I guess this is equivalent to "the keys" of the array, albeit with the > ability to specify a delimiter other than return. I'd not come across > > It's the third form, mysteriously described as the second form, that I find > interesting: > >> If the second form of the combine command is used, the elements of the >> original array are considered to be either columns or rows, separated by the >> columnDelimiter or rowDelimiter property respectively. >> Combining an array by row converts the array into a table with rows >> separated by the rowDelimiter. Each row in the resulting string is the >> contents of the corresponding key in the array. >> Combining an array by column converts the array into a table with columns >> separated by the columnDelimiter . Each column of the resulting string is >> the contents of the corresponding key in the array. > > But I can't see how to access it. "row" and "column" aren't keywords. If I > use the syntax specified, quoting row or column, e.g. > combine aTest using "column" > > it simply treats this as the first form, with "column" as the > primaryDelimiter (and why not). I tried guessing some alternatives > combine aTest using return by "column" > combine aTest by "column" using return > > In both cases, no objection was raised to the statement, but the first item > (return or "column") was again treated as the primaryDelimiter, the second > part ignored. > > Does anyone know what this syntax should be? Does it exist? > > TIA, > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
