Repeat loop index
Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
Mon Jul 14 10:16:00 EDT 2003
Hi Jim,
> It was pointed out recently that it is much faster, especially for
> increasingly large amounts of text, to "repeat for each line of
> theText"
> than "repeat with i=1 to the number of lines of theText". But what if
> you need to know what line you're on in the loop? Do you have to use
> the
> slower form?
Nope :-)
Just add these 2 lines to know what line your on
...
put 0 into your_line_counter
repeat for each line ...
add 1 to your_line_counter
## do your ultra-fast stuff here...
...
So you can always do something with this var inside the loop...
Hope that helps.
> TIA,
> Jim Lyons
> Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Regards
Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
www.major-k.de
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