Need examples. If myVariable contained "card one of this stack" I should be able to say
get the long id of myvariable This works when I test it. Without knowing specifics on what you variable *actually* contains and not what you *think* it contains, I'm afraid there isn't much more advice I can give, or anyone else for that matter. Bob On Jan 18, 2013, at 2:29 PM, Cal Horner wrote: > I'm having a bit of a senior moment here folks. > > I've looked through lots of LC and RunRev documentation and I can't find a > clear and simple definition of a string. Sometimes they have quotes around > them and sometimes they don't. So what's the difference between a string and > a literal? > > OK, now that you've had a good laugh,; hear me out. > > Using "selectedObject" I've extracted the long ID and the object name from > the selected object. > > The name comes through as object type and "Object Name". So programatically > the code will know what kind of object I've selected and what it has been > named when the time comes to use it. I strip word 1 (the object type) out of > the returned selection info and place it into a variable. This is to be used > to determine which object I want to work on. Then I strip what is left (the > object name) out and place it into a variable. > > But when I try to access the object name variable the IDE says it can't find > it. > > I've tried the object name variable with quotes around it and I've tried it > without quotes. Still no luck. > > Any hints, ideas or solutions? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
