Larry, I'd try copy and pasting some more of the code around it and we can try and figure out what you are trying to accomplish.
Andrew On Sep 24, 2014 2:10 AM, <la...@significantplanet.org> wrote: > Hi Scott, > I meant to say "inexplicable to me." > Your solution works great. > However, I cannot figure out the next part: > I want to put the value of thisKey into a variable when it matches. > So I tried a few iterations of: > > put value(thisVar[thisKey]) & space after newVar > > but could not get anything to work - with the parenthesis in different > places. > > Do you know the syntax for adding the bracketed thisKey ?? > > Thanks, > Larry > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rossi" <sc...@tactilemedia.com> > To: "LiveCode Mail List" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:28 AM > Subject: Re: variable trouble > > > Hi Larry: >> >> Your situation is very explicable. In your script you're treating >> "thisVar" as an array, instead of accessing the array that you put into >> thisVar. You're trying to use one variable to refer to another. >> >> If I understand the result you want, one way would be to use the value >> function, to retrieve the data of the array stored in thisVar: >> >> put "wgList0" & N into thisVar >> >> put the keys of value(thisVar) into theseKeys >> >> >> Hope this works for you. >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >> On 9/23/14 11:07 PM, "la...@significantplanet.org" >> <la...@significantplanet.org> wrote: >> >> Hello, >>> >>> I'm using 6.6.3 on Windows XP. >>> >>> This line of code works just fine: >>> put the keys of wgList03 into theseKeys >>> >>> but the following lines of code do NOT work: (where N is 3) -- and yes, >>> it IS a ZERO after wgList >>> >>> put "wgList0" & N into thisVar >>> >>> put the keys of thisVar into theseKeys >>> >>> To me, this is just inexplicable and very frustrating. Any help will be >>> greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Larry >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
