On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com>wrote:
> put 30 "a" into goop, but that is a recipe for failure, and > put 30 "a"'s into goop is almost unreadable > If we're devising syntax, I think some other languages use * as in: put 30 * "a" into goop This still runs into problems because of LC's typeless variables: put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put 5 * "15" -- puts 1515151515 put 15 into x put 5 * 15 -- puts 75 put "15" into x put 5 * 15 -- still puts 75, nor should it change Perhaps "of"? put 5 of 15 -- puts 1515151515 _______________________________________________ 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
