On Dec 5, 2014, at 1:26 PM, Peter Haworth wrote: > word 1 of a string like myProps["cProp"] returns the whole string. Word 2 > returns"cProp"] > > Since cProp is enclosed in double quotes I was expecting: > > word 1 --> myProps[ > word 2 --> "cProp" > word 3--> ] > > This is with LC 6.6.2/OSX.
Does the same in LC 5.5, but only in the messagebox. myProps["cProp"] word 1 -> myProps["cProp"] word 2 -> "cProp"]. Also in the messagebox, if you ask for word 3 or word 4 or word 63 of that string, you get "cProp"] as well, so there's something screwy about using the messagebox for this. But in a button script, it returns word 1 as the whole string and word 2 as empty, which is at least consistent. However, put a space in the middle of "cProp": myProps["c Prop"] word 1: myProps["c word 2: Prop"] So in this case a string surrounded by quotation marks is not treated as one word. BUT: myProps[ "c Prop" ] word 1: myProps[ word 2: "c Prop" word 3: ] This scripting language is described as "english-like" and it's living up to its name -- every rule has its unexpected exceptions. Don't get me wrong, I love LC, but some things drive me nuts. -- Peter Peter M. Brigham pmb...@gmail.com http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig _______________________________________________ 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
