Search in arrays

[Mark Schonewille]

Mike is right. First you put the keys of gArray into a field, then you 
click on a key and put the keys of gArray[the slectedText of field 1] 
into field 2 et cetera.

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Op 12/9/2015 om 16:34 schreef Mike Bonner:
> You want the subkeys of your "main group" key?
>
> put the keys of myArray[the selectedtext of field "Maingroup"] into field
> "subgroup"
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:11 AM, tkuypers at telenet.be <tkuypers at telenet.be>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>> Either I don’t understand this, or I didn’t explain it correctly…
>> gArray contains app. 10.000 lines of data
>> Item 1 is a unique ID
>> Item 2 contains the supplier
>> Item 3 contains the main group
>> Item 4 contains subgroup 1
>> Item 5 contains subgroup 2
>> Item 6 contains subgroup 3
>> Item 7 contains subgroup 4
>> Item 8 contains subgroup 5
>> Item 9-15 contains productinfo
>>
>> I filled a list field with the keys of item 3
>> When I click on an item in that list, I would like to see a second list
>> filled with the keys belonging to the clicked item.
>>
>> So when I understand your code, this should be:
>> on mouseUp
>>          put gArray[the selectedText of field “Maingroup"] into field
>> “Subgroup"
>> end mouseUp
>> But this doesn’t do anything…
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>>
>> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>> Warm Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ton Kuypers
>> +32 (0) 477 739 530
>>
>> Steenweg op Leopoldsburg 100 • B-2490 • Balen • Belgium
>> www.publishingtools4u.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 9 dec. 2015, at 13:24, Mark Schonewille <
>> m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Ton,
>>>
>>> global gArray
>>> on mouseUp
>>>   put gArray[the selectedText of field 1][the selectedText of field
>> 2][the selectedText of field 3] into field 4
>>> end mouseUp
>>>
>>> (mind line wraps)
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Mark Schonewille
>>> http://economy-x-talk.com
>>> https://www.facebook.com/marksch
>>>
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>>> LiveCode language:
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>>> Op 12/9/2015 om 10:49 schreef tkuypers at telenet.be:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I know the following should be possible, but I’m nut used in working
>> with arrays so some help is highly appreciated…
>>>>
>>>> I have a field containing around 10.000 lines of tab-separated text.
>>>> The first item is a unique ID, row 2 contains the main group, row 3 to
>> 5 contain subgroups and row 6 to 15 contain product info.
>>>>
>>>> I converted this data to an array and are able to get the keys of the
>> main group. These are shown to the user in a list field.
>>>> But when the user clicks on an item in this field, the next field
>> should show the keys of the first subgroup, belonging to the selected main
>> group.
>>>>
>>>> And this for all the subgroups afterwards, to refine the selection of
>> products.
>>>>
>>>> But I have no idea how to filter this array on the selected key…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Met vriendelijke groeten,
>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ton Kuypers
>>>> +32 (0) 477 739 530
>>>>
>>>> Steenweg op Leopoldsburg 100 • B-2490 • Balen • Belgium
>>>> www.publishingtools4u.com
>>>>
>>>>
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