Creating variables

[François Chaplais]

Le 6 août 08 à 16:53, Eric Chatonet a écrit :

> To be frank, I don't understand:
> Below is your code snippet simplified.
> What it does?
> It stores a variable into a custom property: so far so good ;-)
> But what more?
> Please, enlighten me :-)
>
> on mouseUp
>    ask "Name of pseudo variable:" with "anExample"
>    if it is empty then exit mouseUp
>    put it into varName
>    ask "value of variable" && varName
>    if it is empty then exit mouseUp
>    put it into varValue
>    set the myProps[varName] of me to varValue
>    answer "Do you want to retrieve the value of your variable?"  
> with "Cancel" or "OK"
>    if it is "OK" then
>       answer "This is the value of variable" && varName & ":" &&  
> the myProps[varName] of me
>    end if
> end mouseUp
>
>

the OP's code was
> I did try this:
>
> repeat for each line lineListOne in listOne
>   repeat for each line lineListTwo in listTwo
>     put "test" into (lineListOne & lineListTwo)
>   end repeat
> end repeat
>
> and this (though I was sure it didn't work):
>
> repeat for each line lineListOne in listOne
>   repeat for each line lineListTwo in listTwo
>     put (lineListOne & lineListTwo) into varName
>     put "test" into varName
>   end repeat
> end repeat
>
> and some other variants (using the value of...) but nothing is  
> working.
>
> Is that possible or do I have to "manually" initialize the  
> variables that way:
>
> put "test" into A1
> put "test" into A2

I interpreted this code as an attempt to manipulate a variable  
designated by name only . I have not found a way to do so without  
using the "do" command, which you rightfully pointed out as a  
solution  (but perhaps someone in the list knows of another way).

My only point is that custom properties are a way to store and  
retrieve data labeled with a string which is itself stored in a  
variable. It is probable that arrays would also do the trick, but I  
do not know arrays enough to elaborate on this.

My apologies if I am not very clear, but Revolution programming is  
just a hobby to me and since I am on vacation, I have some time to  
experiment some code, this should be over next week :-(

Best regards,
François