language syntax question

[Michael Doub]

Here is the syntax that works.  thanks goes to Scott Rossi

get word 1 of line 1 of (text of obj)


On 11/19/14 3:23 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
> I've run into the first issue many times.  It seems that if the property
> you are trying to get is a not a valid property of the referenced
> container, then all works fine.  If it is a valid property, then what you
> get is that property of the container.
>
> So in your example:
>
> Function something obj pl
>      Get the formattedrect of line pl of obj -- this works fine
>      Get word 1 of the text of line pl of obj -- this what I want to do but
> the syntax is wrong
> End something
>
> ... "formattedRect" is not a valid property of obj so it works fine.  But
> "word" is a valid property of obj and and so is "text" so what you get is
> whatever is in word 1 of line 2 of the contents of obj.  In your example,
> there is only 1 line so you would get empty not word 1 of line 2 of field
> "foo".
>
> Others will hopefully correct me if I'm misinterpreting this but that has
> been my experience.  The only way I've found around it is to construct a do
> command:
>
> do "get word 1 of line pl of" && obj
>
> In answer to your second question, no need to include the "@" when passing
> the variable to the second handler.
>
> Pete
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> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Mike Doub <mikedoub at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> i have been struggling with a couple of language issues and I hope some one
>> can set me straight.
>>
>> Issue 1).  What is the syntax to get the contents of a field when you have
>> the long IDE to the field.
>>
>> Put something ( long ID of field "foo", 2) into x
>> ...
>>
>> Function something obj pl
>>      Get the formattedrect of line pl of obj -- this works fine
>>      Get word 1 of the text of line pl of obj -- this what I want to do but
>> the syntax is wrong
>> End something
>>
>>
>> Issue 2). Can a reference to a variable be passed thru the message path
>> with a send command?
>>
>> Local foo
>> Put "stuff" into var
>> doit var
>> ...
>>
>> On doit @thevar
>> Put "ed" after thevar
>> -- here I want to send the reference to another handler
>> Send "another" & @thevar   In 1 second-- this is where I want the reference
>> to be sent and I
>>   --  know the syntax is wrong
>> End doit
>>
>> On another @thevar
>> If thevar = "stuffed" then answer "it worked"
>> End another
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>       Mike
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