goofy question about "repeat for each"

[Klaus major-k]

Hi jbv,

> Am 25.03.2019 um 20:31 schrieb jbv via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I have a list of values such as :
>  540,20
>  542,22...
> one per line in a variable named cc.
> 
> Now I'm running the following loop :
>   repeat for each line j in cc
>     add 1 to item 1 of j
>     put return & j after var2
>   end repeat
> 
> goofy question : does each iteration of the loop
> change the values of each line of cc, or does it
> only change the value of j ?

in my experience only j gets modified "temporarily".
After the loop cc = exactly as before the loop!

If that is what you mean.

> I'm asking because it seems that I am facing some
> weird and unexpected modifications in the variable
> with a huge number of lines...

I avoid modifying j at all in my scripts and never had 
any problems with very large amounts of lines.

> Thanks in advance.
> jbv

Best

Klaus

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