generate an Array using value for naming the keys?

[Ralph DiMola]

Mark,
I will start doing this. I have a headache just thinking of the last time I
had some complex keys and trying to read the code with the afore mentioned
quotes and ampersands. Learn something new every day. 

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 10:51 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Mark Waddingham
Subject: Re: generate an Array using value for naming the keys?

On 2023-05-11 15:47, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
> Mark, thank you very much!
> 
> i didn't know or remember that the key name of an array can be created 
> directly using strings and variables
> 
> Maybe i even did that in the past, but could not remember anymore. I 
> really thought i have solved it that time with value()  :)

No problem - of course, I used & in my example - but when I'm doing stuff
like that I tend to use format:

put tFoo[format("wp_%s_%s", tMiddlePart, tSuffix)] into
tMiddlePartSuffixValue

It does the same job, but I find it more readable (as the structure of the
string can be seen immediately without having to wade through quotes and
ampersands :)

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

--
Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Build Amazing Things

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