Strange hang

[Robert Sneidar]

The dictionary shows delete array tArray[x] as the correct syntax. Not sure if this matters though. Also, if the array is stored in a global variable, you may need to use delete global instead. Again, not sure. Worth testing though. 

Bob


On Jan 13, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Kay C Lan wrote:

> Have your modified your delete handler in the last couple of days?
> 
> Have you modified the handler the Debugger points to in the last couple of days?
> 
> If you were to create a new button (or in the msg box) put:
> 
> repeat with x = 2 to 22
>  delete local tArray[x]
> end repeat
> 
> does it still hang? If not, does hard wiring the numbers in your script fix it?
> 
> Does it hang at the very first delete command? If not is it always the
> 2nd (3rd, 4th.. last) delete in the repeat loop or is it always when x
> = a specific number.
> 
> If you replaced delete with put local tArray[x} & cr after msg, does
> it print out as expected?
> 
> What happens if you enclose the delete in a 'try' structure?
> 
> HTH
> 
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:
>> I have a command that deletes keys from an array, given a start and end key
>> value (the keys are numeric).  This has been working fine for months and is
>> simply a repeat loop with a "delete local tArray[key]" command.
>> 
>> Suddenly, this has started to cause LC to hang.  In debug, as soon as the
>> delete command is executed, I get a runtime error message on a line in a
>> completely different handler and LC hangs hard, needing a force quit to get
>> out of it.
>> 
>> The array looks is correctly structured and the start and end key values
>> exist in the array, as do all the key values between them.
>> 
>> Any ideas about how to figure out what's going on would be most welcome.
>> 
>> Pete
>> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
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