Repeat syntax addition

[Peter Haworth]

Because I might not want to eliminate the lines beginning with "xyz" from
the list, just not process them within the repeat loop, there's a
difference.



Pete
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On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Paul Dupuis <paul at researchware.com> wrote:

> On 4/5/2015 12:54 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:
> > Wouldn't it be nice if you could:
> >
> > repeat for each line rLine in tLines where rLine begins with "xyz"
> > .
> > end repeat
> >
> > I know it's trivial to test the condition within the repeat loop but
> having
> > "where" <condition>" seems more elegant somehow.
>
> Why not:
>
> filter lines of tLines with "xyz*"
> repeat for each line rLine in tLines
> .
> end repeat
>
> The suggested  - where rLine begins with "xyz" - clause is 5 words. The
> - filter lines of tLines with "xyz*" - is also just 5 words
>
> Extending LiveCode's to do something you can already do in the language
> easier makes most sense if it save the developer significant keystrokes.
>
>
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