Extracting a reference to a stack

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Sat Aug 8 13:45:56 EDT 2015 

I do it like this

function stackOfObject pobject

local tObject

put pobject into tObject
repeat
   if word 1 of tObject is "stack" then
      return tObject
end if

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:31 AM Peter M. Brigham <pmbrig at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, Here's a revision:
>
> function ownerStack pObjLongID
>    -- returns the name of the stack immediately containing pObjLongID
>    -- by Peter M. Brigham, pmbrig at gmail.com — freeware
>    -- tags: control
>    -- requires getprop robustName
>
>    replace " of " with cr in pObjLongID
>    put lineoffset(cr & "stack ",cr & pObjLongID) into stLine
>    put line stLine to -1 of pObjLongID into stName
>    replace cr with " of " in stName
>    return stName
> end ownerStack
>
> -- Peter
>
> Peter M. Brigham
> pmbrig at gmail.com
> http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2015, at 10:45 AM, David Bovill wrote:
>
> > There was a recent feature added to the language that would help - maybe
> it
> > was something to do with the owner....
> >
> > I have a similarly convoluted function and getprop - one of the issues is
> > that if you want the long name of the stack the control is part of - this
> > could be a mainstack or a substack - so to get "the stack on which the
> > control is placed" has always been a bit of a pain...
> >
> > On 8 August 2015 at 15:16, Peter M. Brigham <pmbrig at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Here's a quick solution:
> >>
> >> function ownerStack pObjLongID
> >>   replace " of " with numtochar(8) in pObjLongID
> >>   set the itemdel to numtochar(8)
> >>   return item -1 of pObjLongID
> >> end ownerStack
> >>
> >> A more general solution is what I use in my library. The getItem()
> >> function is so useful that I use it *everywhere*.
> >>
> >> function ownerStack pObjLongID
> >>   -- returns the name of the stack containing pObjLongID
> >>   -- by Peter M. Brigham, pmbrig at gmail.com — freeware
> >>   -- requires getItem(), getDelimiters()
> >>
> >>   put getItem(pObjLongID,-1," of ") into tStack
> >>   put the name of tStack into stackName
> >>   return stackName
> >> end ownerStack
> >>
> >> function getItem pContainer, pIndex, pDelim
> >>   -- returns item # pIndex of pContainer, given itemdelimiter = pDelim
> >>   -- could just "get item pIndex of pContainer" in the calling handler
> but
> >>   --    then have to set and restore the itemDelimiter, so this is less
> >> hassle
> >>   -- for instance, the following returns the filename from the filepath:
> >>   --    put getItem(tPath,-1,"/") into tFileName
> >>   -- defaults to pDelim = tab
> >>   -- allows pIndex to be a range, eg "3-5"
> >>   --    in that case enclose the range in quotes
> >>   -- also allows pDelim to be a string of characters
> >>   --    so you could do this:
> >>   --       getItem("a//b//c//d//e//f",4,"//") -> d
> >>   --    or:
> >>   --       getItem("a or b or c or d or e or f","3-5"," or ") -> c or d
> >> or e
> >>   --    which expands the possibilities for use enormously
> >>   -- by Peter M. Brigham, pmbrig at gmail.com — freeware
> >>   -- requires getDelimiters()
> >>
> >>   -- first, if pDelim is a string then get a delimiter that is not found
> >>   --    in pContainer and use it in place of pDelim
> >>   if pDelim = empty then put tab into pDelim
> >>   if len(pDelim) > 1 then
> >>      put getDelimiters(pContainer) into tempDel
> >>      if tempDel begins with "Error" then
> >>         return "Error in getDelimiters()"
> >>      end if
> >>      replace pDelim with tempDel in pContainer
> >>   else
> >>      put pDelim into tempDel
> >>   end if
> >>
> >>   -- now parse pIndex to take care of ranges and negative values
> >>   --    and get the item(s) requested
> >>   put offset("-",pIndex) into dashPos
> >>   set the itemdelimiter to tempDel
> >>   if dashPos > 1 then
> >>      -- don't catch if pIndex is something like -1, -2, etc
> >>      put char 1 to dashPos-1 of pIndex into tStart
> >>      put char dashPos+1 to -1 of pIndex into tEnd
> >>      put item tStart to tEnd of pContainer into theItem
> >>      replace tempDel with pDelim in theItem
> >>   else
> >>      put item pIndex of pContainer into theItem
> >>   end if
> >>   return theItem
> >> end getItem
> >>
> >> function getDelimiters pText, nbr
> >>   -- returns a cr-delimited list of <nbr> characters
> >>   --    not found in the variable pText
> >>   -- use for delimiters for, eg, parsing text files, manipulating
> arrays,
> >> etc.
> >>   -- usage: put getDelimiters(pText,2) into tDelims
> >>   --        if tDelims begins with "Error" then exit to top -- or
> whatever
> >>   --        put line 1 of tDelims into lineDivider
> >>   --        put line 2 of tDelims into itemDivider
> >>   --             etc.
> >>   -- by Peter M. Brigham, pmbrig at gmail.com — freeware
> >>
> >>   if pText = empty then return "Error: no text specified."
> >>   if nbr = empty then put 1 into nbr -- default 1 delimiter
> >>   put "2,3,4,5,6,7,8,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26" into baseList
> >>   -- low ASCII values, excluding CR, LF, tab, etc.
> >>   put the number of items of baseList into maxNbr
> >>   if nbr > maxNbr then return "Error: max" && maxNbr && "delimiters."
> >>   repeat with tCount = 1 to nbr
> >>      put true into failed
> >>      repeat with i = 1 to the number of items of baseList
> >>         put item i of baseList into testNbr
> >>         put numtochar(testNbr) into testChar
> >>         if testChar is not in pText then
> >>            -- found one, store and get next delim
> >>            put false into failed
> >>            put testChar into line tCount of delimList
> >>            exit repeat
> >>         end if
> >>      end repeat
> >>      if failed then
> >>         if tCount = 0 then
> >>            return "Error: cannot get any delimiters."
> >>         else if tCount = 1 then
> >>            return "Error: can only get one delimiter."
> >>         else
> >>            return "Error: can only get" && tCount && "delimiters."
> >>         end if
> >>      end if
> >>      delete item i of baseList
> >>   end repeat
> >>   return delimList
> >> end getDelimiters
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 8, 2015, at 8:23 AM, David Bovill wrote:
> >>
> >>> Given the long id of a control - how do I extract the reference to the
> >>> stack ti belongs to? I have a function that i have used since the dawn
> of
> >>> time for this - but I recall seeing a new chunk / target / reference
> >>> feature of Livecode in the last year that makes this easier. Did I
> >> imagine
> >>> it?
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