Alan, nextName is not just a number, but text and a number and you are trying to do math on an item of it, so I don't think you can just add a number to it. Try:
set itemDelimiter to "_" put last item of nextName into tLastNumber add 10 to tLastNumber put tLastNumber into last item of nextName in place of the line -- add 10 to last item of nextName Hope that helps -- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jan 14, 2012, at 12:15 AM, user wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a script intended to add, name and position a label and field group > (which I refer to as a "doublet) into a group that already has a number of > such doublet groups. > > Here's the script: > > on addFldDoublet theGroup > put the number of grps in grp theGroup into lastDoublet > put the short name of grp lastDoublet of grp theGroup into lastName > put the left of grp lastName into newLeft > put (the bottom of grp lastName +2) into newTop > put lastName into nextName > set itemDelimiter to "_" > add 10 to last item of nextName > set itemDelimiter to "," > copy grp lastName to grp theGroup > set the name of the last grp to nextName > answer the short name of the last grp -- confirms the correct name > put the short name of the last grp into newGrp > answer newGrp -- confirms the correct name > set the left of grp newGrp to newLeft > set the top of grp newGrp to newTop > end addFldDoublet > > FYI - assume the name of grp lastDoublet is "DB_Doublet_160" > > Group newGrp is supposed to be "DB_Doublet_170" and this appears to be > confirmed by the two "answer" commands I've inserted in the script to verify. > > But after the script runs, it turns out that the new group is also named > "DB_Doublet_160" instead of "DB_Doublet_170" (which does not seem to exist, > even though the second "answer" test shows that it did ), and the new group > is positioned right on top of the old group, and not offset to to newTop as > desired (2 pixels below the bottom of the old group. > > Anybody have any idea as to what is causing this script to not work as > intended? > > Thanks in advance for your help in this matter. > > Kind regards, > ALAN GAYNE > > _______________________________________________ > 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
