Accessing AddressBook.data: javascript?

Martin Baxter mb.ur at harbourhost.co.uk
Thu Jan 12 05:44:37 EST 2006


Raymond Griffith wrote:
> Try this:
> 
>  put "Core.pick(*Pick a Boy:*,[*Manny*,*Moe*,*Jack*])" into js
>  do replacetext(js,"*",quote) as javascript
>  put the result
> 
> This is a favorite trick of mine. Having to put in all those &quotes and
> commas into a do-statement is tedious, and often makes the script
> unreadable. Using an unneeded symbol in the place of a quote and replacing
> it later improves readability tremendously.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Raymond E. Griffith

That's a nice tip Raymond. Worth remembering, and not just for do either 
as there are numerous situations where this sort of thing happens.

Martin





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