Question about deleting all the graphics on a card

[Thomas J McGrath III]

repeat with i = the number of graphics down to 1
   if exists(the short name of graphic i) then delete graphic (the short 
name of graphic i)
end repeat

-- error free - I love if exists

On Jan 23, 2004, at 1:18 AM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

> repeat the number of graphics times
>   delete graphic 1
> end repeat
>
> or if you want to check the name of any on the loop:
>
> repeat with i = the number of graphics down to 1
>   delete graphic (the short name of graphic i)
> end repeat
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
> sarahr at genesearch.com.au
> http://www.troz.net/Rev/
>
> On 23 Jan 2004, at 4:09 pm, Doug Lerner wrote:
>
>> The following loop:
>>
>>   repeat with i = 1 to the number of graphics
>>     delete graphic (the short name of graphic i)
>>   end repeat
>>
>> doesn't work right because while the loop is running Rev seems to 
>> renumber
>> the graphics (hah!) so at some point a "missing object" error will 
>> occur.
>>
>> I can run through the loop twice:
>>
>> First pass: collect the names of the graphics
>> Second pass: delete the graphics
>>
>> But is there a better way?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> doug
>
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