Indirection question

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Barry Levine <themacguy at macosx.com> wrote:
> I have a variable named "theM" in which I am storing
> any number of 
> comma-delimited items. If I use the message box for
> something like 
> "answer theM", I get a dialog with the list of the
> items in the var. So 
> far, so good.
> 
> I have other vars with similar names (theW, theH,
> etc.) that contain 
> other comma-delimited lists. I also have another
> variable 
> (currentLetter) whose content changes (in this case:
> from "M" to "W" to 
> "H" and back again in no consistent order). I have
> to check the content 
> of currentLetter before knowing which of these lists
> I must manipulate. 
> What I'd like to do is something like:
> 
> on mouseUp
> 	if currentLetter = "W" then put "theW" into theList
> 	(etc)
> 	answer theList
> end mouseUp
> 
> Now, if I do this, the answer dialog shows "theW"
> instead of the 
> contents of the var named theW. Obviously, I'm not
> referring to the 
> variable in the appropriate manner.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Barry
> 

Hi Barry,

I'd say the 'do' command is your friend :-)

on mouseUp
  do ("put the" & currentLetter && "into theList")
  answer theList
end mouseUp

Don't forget to declare theX as globals, or their data
won't be retrievable.

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

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"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time."  (La Rochefoucauld)

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