reading a file

[Alain Farmer]

in reply to: Why is it that if I explicitly want to open a file, I have to put quotes around the name, but if I put the name in a variable, I do not need the quotes?

unquoted names will be interpreted as variables ; with quotes, interpreter knows that it is a literal STRING.
being in a variable is self-delimiting; no need for quotes.



On Sunday, September 21, 2014 6:16 PM, "larry at significantplanet.org" <larry at significantplanet.org> wrote:
 


Thanks Alain,

Why is it that if I explicitly want to open a file, I have to put quotes 
around the name, but if I put the name in a variable, I do not need the 
quotes?
Thank you again,
Larry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alain Farmer" <alain_farmer at yahoo.com>
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: reading a file


> replace:
> put quote & it & quote into thisFile
> with
> put it into thisFile
>
>
> On Sunday, September 21, 2014 6:03 PM, "larry at significantplanet.org" 
> <larry at significantplanet.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Could anyone please explain why the following script does not work?
> (It puts into the field the name of the selected file and not the contents 
> of the file.
>
> on mouseUp
>
> answer file "Select a file."
>
> put quote & it & quote into thisFile
>
> open file thisFile
>
> read from file thisFile until EOF
>
> put it into field myOutput
>
> close file thisFile
>
> end mouseUp
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry
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