Indirection question

Ken Norris (dialup) pixelbird at interisland.net
Wed Feb 19 23:04:00 EST 2003


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> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:07:35 -0700
> Subject: Indirection question
> From: Barry Levine <themacguy at macosx.com>

> 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.
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Remove the quotes:

  if currentLetter = "W" then put theW into theList

...theList will then have the same content as theW

Too easy?

Ken N.







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