lineoffset question

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Larry

oops, please replace "OFFSET" with "Skippy" in my example ;-)

Am 12.04.2014 um 16:44 schrieb Klaus major-k <klaus at major-k.de>:

> Hi Larry,
> 
> Am 12.04.2014 um 16:38 schrieb larry at significantplanet.org:
> 
>> I'm using 6.1.1 (rc 4) on XP Service Pack 3
>> 
>> I have the following line in my script:
>> set the hilitedline of field myGames to lineoffset(field myShort,field myGames)
>> The line works just fine.  However, if I add the optional Lines to Skip, like this:
>> set the hilitedline of field myGames to lineoffset(field myShort,field myGames,1)
>> then I get an incorrect result - the hilitedline is a line that does NOT have the string [field myShort] in it.  The hilitedline is the line prior to the correct line. For example, line 67 instead of the correct line of 68.
>> Furthermore, when I used a variable for Lines to Skip within a repeat statement and then stepped through in debugging, the variable would start off as 1, then go to 7 but in the next repeat it would revert back to 1 - even though the debug showed no change of the variable.
>> 
>> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> you have to add the OFFSET manually to the resulting line number! :-)
> ...
> put 1 into tOffset
> set the hilitedline of field myGames to (lineoffset(field "myShort",field "myGames",tOffset) + tOffset)
> ...
> 
> And don't forget to put quotes around object names 8-)
> 
>> Larry

Best

Klaus

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