variables and objects

[erik hansen]

--- Jan Schenkel <janschenkel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- "Ivers, Doug E" <Doug_Ivers at lord.com>
> wrote:
> > Seems that all user-created variables are
> character
> > strings.  Is target also a character string,
> or is
> > it something more sophisticated (like a
> pointer in
> > C)?  Same question for this card, recent
> card, this
> > stack, etc.
> > 
> > Are these statements the same in the way they
> work
> > "behind the scenes"?
> >      answer the id of this card
> >      get the long name of this card; 
> >      answer the id of it

> All variables are indeed character strings ;
> including
> 'the target' ; however, the engine recognises
> certain
> keywords and can grab the data without having
> to parse
> the content of the variable first ; so in your
> example, "the id of this card" will work faster
> than
> "the id of it" because the engine grabs it
> directly.

the engine grabs <it> or grabs "this card"?

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