question about how to update an item in a field in batch mode

[Jim Ault]

>     get lineOffset(item 1 to 2 of L, "tStock")

Since the string "tStock" does not contain what you are looking for,
try this instead

get lineOffset(item 1 to 2 of L, fld "tStock")


Jim Ault
Las Vegas

On 1/22/08 11:32 AM, "Peter Alcibiades" <palcibiades-first at yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> Trying Sarah's suggestion first, but cannot seem to make it work:
> 
> on mouseUp
>   set the itemDelimiter to tab
>   repeat for each line L in field "tSales"
>     get lineOffset(item 1 to 2 of L, "tStock")
>     if it > 0 then subtract 1 from item 5 of line it of field "tStock"
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
> 
> It does nothing.  The reason being that variable it is always 0, though there
> should be a match for items 1 to 2.  If I make it just match on item 1, same
> thing.
> 
> Then if I take out the condition, something even stranger happens.  It writes
> as many zeros as there are items doing the match before item 1 of line 1 of
> tStoc.  (there are two items which should match in the sample file, and for
> some reason the only one it finds is the second one!)
> 
> But I can't understand why it doesn't work.  It doesn't seem to violate the
> rule about not changing a variable during repeat.
> 
> Seem to be making heavy weather out of this one.  On to Jeanne's suggestion
> now.
> 
> Peter