alternative to do for loading variables from array?

[Kay C Lan]

I'm not sure I understand your problem fully but I think 'repeat for each
key' and the value() function might help.
In the message box:

put 5 into tApple  --put something into various variables
put 50 into tBanana
put 5000 into tCarrot
put "tApple" into aArray[a] --build an array
put "tBanana" into aArray[b]
put "tCarrot" into aArray[c]
repeat for each key tKey in aArray
  put "tKey = " & tKey & "; Variable = " & aArray[tKey] & " = " &
value(aArray[tKey]) & cr after msg
end repeat


On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Dr. Hawkins <dochawk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a "decent" way to load variables from an array without "do" or a
> long list of commands?
>
> If theList[pageName] is "cat page" and so forth, I can
>
> repeat for each word theVar in "pageName pageHeight pageWidth"
>    do "put " & theList[theVar] & " into " & theVar
> end repeat
>
> but this will cause a slew of compiles.
>
> I could also rattle off the list, but this is more maintainable.
>
> Is there a better way to do this?
> --
> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
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