Here is the syntax that works. thanks goes to Scott Rossi
get word 1 of line 1 of (text of obj) On 11/19/14 3:23 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
I've run into the first issue many times. It seems that if the property you are trying to get is a not a valid property of the referenced container, then all works fine. If it is a valid property, then what you get is that property of the container. So in your example: Function something obj pl Get the formattedrect of line pl of obj -- this works fine Get word 1 of the text of line pl of obj -- this what I want to do but the syntax is wrong End something ... "formattedRect" is not a valid property of obj so it works fine. But "word" is a valid property of obj and and so is "text" so what you get is whatever is in word 1 of line 2 of the contents of obj. In your example, there is only 1 line so you would get empty not word 1 of line 2 of field "foo". Others will hopefully correct me if I'm misinterpreting this but that has been my experience. The only way I've found around it is to construct a do command: do "get word 1 of line pl of" && obj In answer to your second question, no need to include the "@" when passing the variable to the second handler. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> Home of lcStackBrowser <http://www.lcsql.com/lcstackbrowser.html> and SQLiteAdmin <http://www.lcsql.com/sqliteadmin.html> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Mike Doub <miked...@gmail.com> wrote:i have been struggling with a couple of language issues and I hope some one can set me straight. Issue 1). What is the syntax to get the contents of a field when you have the long IDE to the field. Put something ( long ID of field "foo", 2) into x ... Function something obj pl Get the formattedrect of line pl of obj -- this works fine Get word 1 of the text of line pl of obj -- this what I want to do but the syntax is wrong End something Issue 2). Can a reference to a variable be passed thru the message path with a send command? Local foo Put "stuff" into var doit var ... On doit @thevar Put "ed" after thevar -- here I want to send the reference to another handler Send "another" & @thevar In 1 second-- this is where I want the reference to be sent and I -- know the syntax is wrong End doit On another @thevar If thevar = "stuffed" then answer "it worked" End another Regards, Mike _______________________________________________ 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
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