Using a variable for an array name

[Peter Bogdanoff]

Yes, “do” does it. Thank you Ralph and Bob.

Richard, I’ve heard that “do” is slow because it must be compiled every time. I am reiterating this possibly hundreds of times, so it is probably much better to combine the arrays into a Big Array?

Peter

> On Feb 1, 2017, at 7:16 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Even better!
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
> On Feb 1, 2017, at 16:08 , Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
> 
> Whenever you have a collection of variables whose names may be variable, an array is a natural fit.
> 
> LiveCode supports n-dimensional arrays, so you could use:
> 
> -- Store:
> put "something" into tBigArray["1"]["text"]
> put "somethingelse" into tBigArray["2"]["text"]
> 
> -- Retrieve:
> put tBigArray["1"]["text"] into tSomeVar
> put tBigArray["2"]["text"] into tAnotherVar
> 
> 
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> 
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