No Scott you are missing a bit of information here. Try this: on mouseUp put "This is a test" into theArray[1] put "This is a second test" into theArray[2] put "This is a third test" into theArray[3] delete variable theArray[2] put the keys of theArray end mouseUp
What you will get is: 1 3 There is no "empty slot. Now try this: on mouseUp put theBogusArray[1] end mouseUp You will get empty. Referencing a nonexistent element of a nonexistant array returns empty. It does not generate an error. This is what is tripping you up. Bob On Sep 1, 2011, at 7:10 AM, Scott Rossi wrote: > Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> The delete is fine; the problem is in the display of the results. >> >> If you use: >> >> put theArray[1] &"*"&theArray[2] &"*"& theArray[3] >> >> ...you'll get the empty entry for theArray[2]. The variable theArray >> still exists, but there's nothing in that slot. > > Yes, this is the problem. I'm storing data in array form in custom > properties, and my problem is after a delete, the remaining elements of the > array are not reordered. > > >> Building the output from the keys of the array will get what you want: >> >> put the keys of theArray into tKeys >> sort lines of tKeys -- if the order is important >> repeat for each line tKey in tKeys >> put "*"& theArray[tKey] after tResult >> end repeat >> put tResult > > From what you're saying, it sounds like I need to put the remaining elements > of the array into a temporary variable and then replace the original array. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
