Missing split option?

[Richard Gaskin]

Bob Sneidar wrote:

 > It also seems you CAN create an array where you get named keys, but
 > the text has to be something like:
 >
 > put "A apple;;B bottle;;C cradle" into myVariable split myVariable by
 > ";;" and space

Yes, that's the row-based method split presumes, functionally equivalent to:

A<tab>Apple<cr>
B<tab>Bottle<cr>
C<tab>Cradle<cr>

    split tData with cr and tab


 > In no case can I figure a way to use split in the manner you want.

I was hoping there was some magic I'd missed.


 > But it occurs to me that datagrids do this by nature. If you were to
 > set the dgText of a data grid, then get the dgData of the same, you
 > would get the exact effect you seek.

Good for the Master part of my Master-Detail layout, but this is for the 
Detail part. I'm writing a generic handler to populate Detail views from 
an array containing the data for a record selected in the Master view 
(never gonna type that generic code again! <g>).

DGs will give the array directly so I don't need to deal with that when 
using those as the Master, but more often I use list fields for the 
Master, where it would be convenient to have the array made in one line.

Minor issue though, certainly fast enough to just write a loop function 
for that and move on....

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