Syntax to increment variable names in repeat loop

Keith Clarke keith.clarke at clarkeandclarke.co.uk
Tue May 24 05:12:49 EDT 2011


Hi folks,
I have a repeat loop with tCycle = 1 to 10 and for each repeat, I need to put something into a new variable, specific to the particular cycle - tResultCycle1, tResultCycle2...  tResultCycle10.

How does one script the creation of a unique variable for each loop, as LiveCode doesn't seem to like the attempted simple variable name concatenation in...

      put "something" into tResult & tCycle

I'm guessing I need to define the variable's name before using it, but 'variableNames' doesn't seem to fit the bill and as the dictionary doesn't even have an entry for 'variable' (so they're obviously not important!), I'm struggling to find any seed terms to search the list archives.

Then again, maybe I'm missing something fundamental here - my default state with LiveCode, it seems! :-)
Best,
Keith..

 


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