@ [t@1]f@1:=seq@n@ can result in: [table_1]Field_1 := Sequence Number
it is amazing how short a line of code can be, before it is expanded - then you have to go back and ad the '\' to make it readable. :) You can use the @ to shortcut any tokenizable item. Commands, tables, fields, (your) method names. Any line of code as it is typed can include any number of @s, sometimes I have as many @s as other characters. Chip > In honor of National Take-a-Penny/Leave-a-Penny Day, I thought it would be > nice to start a thread to collect people's favorite 4D tricks and keystroke > combos. How this came up is that Wayne Stewart and I recently joined Damon > Carley in giving some presentations in Sydney and New Zealand. One of the > biggest crowed pleasers? > > SELECTION TO ARRAY(\ > [Customer]ID;$customer_ids_at;\ > [Customer]LastName;$last_names_at) > > The "\" line break/continuation character. It's been out there for about 10 > years, but not everyone knows about it. It's great! It's great for array > sort, selection to array/array to selection, and a lot of OB SET kind of > stuff. Great! > > Someone said "I'm sure that's in the docs somewhere, but how would you find > it?" Good point, I guess you just look for / ;-) Quite a few people started > sharing their favorite tips and it turns out that there are *tons* of them. > > So, here's mine: > > --------------------------------------------- > Code Line Break Character > --------------------------------------------- > You can break a single line of code into multiple lines to simplify reading > and editing using the / character. > > So, if you found that useful or if it reminds you of one of your favorites, > please post another one. I'm sure no one knows all of the good ones but > everyone must know a few. > > If anyone wants to post links to the docs, that's more than welcome. (Tim & > Miyako, we're looking at you because you've each spoiled us with good links > down the years), > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ------------ Hell is other people Jean-Paul Sartre ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
