Keys of a custom property array

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And I thought I was going to be clever by trying:


do "get the keys of the testArray of me"


No dice, but Peter's way works fine.


The question is: why?



get the keys of (the uArray of button "xyz") --works
get the keys of the uArray of button "xyz" --does not work
All I (thought I) knew about helping the parser do its thing comes to nought here. Each seems perfectly and unambiguously formed...
Craig


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com>
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Sent: Sun, Mar 3, 2013 1:38 am
Subject: Re: Keys of a custom property array


Hi Jacque,
I just tried:

get the keys of (the uArray of button "xyz")

... and got the keys of uArray.

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 8:06 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> If I store an array as a custom property, is there a way to get its keys
> without putting the whole thing into a variable first?
>
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