using "split" to build multi-dimensional arrays ?

[Wouter]

On 07 Jun 2005, at 13:44, jbv wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> When I run the following script :
>
>   put "a,b,c,d,e" into L
>   repeat with j=1 to 2
>     repeat with i=1 to 5
>       put item i of L into W[j,i]
>     end repeat
>   end repeat
>   combine W using cr and comma
>   put W
>
> I get this :
> 1,1,a
> 1,2,b
> 1,3,c
> 1,4,d
> 1,5,e
> 2,1,a
> 2,2,b
> 2,3,c
> 2,4,d
> 2,5,e
>
>
> ------
> but when I add the 3 following lines :
>
> put W into W1
> split W1 by cr and comma
> put W1[2,5]
>
> I get empty...
>
> Does that mean that "split" can't be used to build
> 2 dimensional arrays ?
>
> Thanks,
> JB

Better use a different char to combine the array if you want to split  
it later back into an array.
You used the comma  already as an itemdelimiter.

Greetings,
Wouter