defining and using globals in an application

[Chipp Walters]

Hi Francis,

I suspect what Andre does is create globals thusly:

global gMyGlobalA
put "red" into gMyGlobalA["color"]
put "Francis" into gMyGlobalA["name"]
etc..

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon <effendi at wanadoo.fr>wrote:

> Hi from Beautiful Brittany,
>
> Andre Garzia wrote :
>
>
>  I will have a global called
>> gRecipeAppA and that will be an array, values will be inserted, queried
>> for
>> and deleted from this single shared array and collision will be avoided by
>> naming it something almost unique.
>>
>
> Hmmmm ! - Never thought of that !
>
> But doesn't that make your coding more obtuse, as you refer
> to an element of the array by a number, and not by a name ?
> (I never use arrays, as I can only think in one dimension,
> which is why I have so many problems with "time". Arrays,
> and other multi-dimensional concepts are way over my head !)
>
> Of course, I begin to grab arrays when I have another (Irish)
> Whiskey !
>
>
> -Francis
>
> "Nothing should ever be done for the first time !"
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