How do you do it??
Richard Gaskin
ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sat Dec 24 12:44:49 EST 2011
dunbarx wrote:
> Why do LC (and HC for that matter) fail to process multi-line variables when using "do"?
> on mouseUp
> --get "AA" & return & "BB"
> get "AA"
> repeat with y = 1 to 2
> do "put" && it && "into temp" & y
> end repeat
> answer temp2
> end mouseUp
>
>
> If the variable "it" contains one line, the "do" construction
> works fine, making numbered temp variables as needed. But if I try the routine with a multi-line "it", the handler
> will not compile.
Creating an unknown number of variables is a natural fit for arrays:
on mouseUp
get "AA" & return & "BB"
repeat with y = 1 to 2
put it into temp[y]
end repeat
answer temp[2]
end mouseUp
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