concatenating with the ampersand

[john at debraneys.com]

Hi Joe,

Mind reading would be a useful skill, but it is my own mind that is causing most of the problems (sigh). 

I did see an earlier comment about using brackets to delineate the concatenated string and I have found that cuts most of my problems in this area. Maybe because I have to be clearer about what I am doing or maybe because the interpreter likes it better. 
Cheers

John T

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Lewis Wilkins [mailto:pepetoo at Cox.Net]
>Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 05:22 PM
>To: 'How to use Revolution'
>Subject: Re: concatenating with the ampersand
>
>Hi John,
>
>Thanks. Jim observed the same thing a little earlier; but, as I 
>mentioned then, I'm pretty sure I had tried it "correctly" earlier 
>on, and just messed up while diddling around. Though there may have 
>been some other problems, since my touch typing doesn't always 
>produce exactly what I think it should, though I've now pumped up the 
>font size for my scripts so that these problems won't continue to 
>occur. It's easy to get frustrated when things like that happen. I 
>appreciate the patience and attention from all of the listers. The 
>error feedback COULD BE a bit more helpful. Sometimes you almost have 
>to be a mind reader. (smile)
>
>Joe Wilkins
>
>On Mar 11, 2007, at 1:59 PM, john at debraneys.com wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I haven't read all the replies on this one but did notice in your 
>> script fragment
>>
>>>> put quote & "lineNum"&"H"&quote into fldName -- creates a field
>>
>> that lineNum is quoted eg "lineNum". That will always put the 
>> literal string lineNum into the container rather than the value of 
>> lineNum. Just drop the quotes and the concatenation should work.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> John T
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Klaus Major [mailto:klaus at major-k.de]
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 12:26 PM
>>> To: 'How to use Revolution'
>>> Subject: Re: concatenating with the ampersand
>>>
>>> Hi Joe,
>>>
>>>> OK, Phil. I wasted about an hour fiddling with this. It just
>>>> wouldn't compile. The result was always lineNumH instead of "1H"
>>>> for the first line when it is clicked on.
>>>>
>>>> -- I have a scrolling field with a bunch of numbered phrases.on 
>>>> mouseup
>>>> put word one of the value of the clickline into lineNum --
>>>> provides number w/ a periof
>>>> delete last char of lineNum -- deletes the period
>>>> put quote & "lineNum"&"H"&quote into fldName -- creates a field
>>>> name such as "1H"
>>>> send mouseup to field fldName -- sends the mouseup to the
>>>> appropriate field
>>>
>>> I might be a bit late, but anyway, try this:
>>>
>>> ## in case this is a list field you can could also use:
>>> ## put word one of the selectedtext of fld "xyz" into lineNum
>>> put word one of the value of the clickline into lineNum --
>>> provides number w/ a periof
>>> delete last char of lineNum -- deletes the period
>>>
>>> ## sometimes brackets are highly recommended, especially when 
>>> creating
>>> ## object names with variables!
>>> put (lineNum &"H") into fldName
>>>
>>> ## creates a field name such as "1H" and DOES now :-)
>>> send mouseup to field fldName -- sends the mouseup to the
>>> appropriate field
>>>
>>>> Good luck and TIA,
>>>>
>>>> Joe wilkins
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Klaus Major
>>> klaus at major-k.de
>>> http://www.major-k.de
>>>
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