Indirection question

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, "Barry Levine"  wrote:

> What I'd like to do is something like:
> 
> on mouseUp
> if currentLetter = "W" then put "theW" into theList
> (etc)
> answer theList
> end mouseUp
> 
> Now, if I do this, the answer dialog shows "theW" instead of the
> contents of the var named theW. Obviously, I'm not referring to the
> variable in the appropriate manner.
> 
> Any ideas?


If theW is a global variable, use it without the quotes:

on mouseUp
 if currentLetter = "W" then put theW into theList
 (etc)
 answer theList
end mouseUp


Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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