repeat with each

[Klaus major-k]

Hi Larry,

Am 22.09.2014 um 15:04 schrieb larry at significantplanet.org:

> Hello,
> 
> I have never been able to understand how to use the each form in a repeat statement.
> 
> Can anyone explain why this code does not work?  It is almost verbatim from the example in the LC dictionary.
> 
> on mouseUp
> repeat for each word thisWord in field justOne
> put "," after thisWord
> end repeat
> sort items of field justOne
> end mouseUp
> 
> It does not insert the commas.  Supposedly the each form is a lot faster than using
> 
> "put x + 1 into x"
> "put "," after word x of field justOne

"repeat for each XXXX..." is READ-ONLY!
Means you cannot modify thisWord here!

Collect your data in a variable first, then write stuff back to field:
...
## Never forget to put QUOTES around object names!
repeat for each word thisWord in field "justOne"
put thisWord & "," after tNewVariable
end repeat
delete char -1 of tNewVariable
sort item of tNewVariable
put tNewVariable into fld "justOne"
...

> Thanks,
> Larry

Best

Klaus

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