And I thought I was going to be clever by trying:
do "get the keys of the testArray of me" No dice, but Peter's way works fine. The question is: why? get the keys of (the uArray of button "xyz") --works get the keys of the uArray of button "xyz" --does not work All I (thought I) knew about helping the parser do its thing comes to nought here. Each seems perfectly and unambiguously formed... Craig -----Original Message----- From: Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 1:38 am Subject: Re: Keys of a custom property array Hi Jacque, I just tried: get the keys of (the uArray of button "xyz") ... and got the keys of uArray. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 8:06 PM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote: > If I store an array as a custom property, is there a way to get its keys > without putting the whole thing into a variable first? > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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<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 _______________________________________________ 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
