Initializing variables

[Jan Schenkel]

Hi Jim,

> I have a list of variables, say "x,y,z" 
> I would like to set each of these equal to zero.

You might want to replace the script with the
following:

 put "x,y,z" into tList
 repeat with i = 1 to 3
  do "put 0 into" && item i of tList
 end repeat

Best regards,

Jan Schenkel

"As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish
at the same time."  (De Rochefoucald)


--- Jim Hurley <jphurley at jps.net> wrote:
> I have a list of variables, say "x,y,z" 
> I would like to set each of these equal to zero. If
> I were to use the 
> following:
> 
> put "x,y,z" into tList
> repeat with i = 1 to 3
> put 0 into item i of tList
> end repeat
> 
> This would of course replace the list x,y,z by 0,0,0
> and not achieve 
> my objective.
> 
> Instead I want x,y, and z to take on the values 0.
> I've tried quotes 
> and value() without success. My actual list is very
> long and it would 
> be awkward to
> 
> put 0 into x
> put 0 into y
> put 0 into z
> 
> Any thoughts on an efficient way of assigning values
> to variables 
> within a list?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim Hurley
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