Peter,
Could you be looking for lingo's value function?
The following code produces the same output in the message window:
gStandard1DataRef = [1,2,3]
put gStandard1DataRef
x = 1
put value("gStandard" & x & "DataRef")
Hope that helps,
Charles
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Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Accessing global variables with sent parameters
Hi Kerry,
Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a go. If it helps here is the
handler the other code and a static gStandard1DataRef showing how it
fits in the code that I'm trying to automate. I'm wondering if the dot
syntax is going to cause me a problem with my idea. I know this code
works as is, the global variable gStandard1DataRef is a list of around
60 variables and it works it's way thru the list loading the data.
LoadListData is another handler just for ref.
on LoadDataSet datadir
Global gStandard1DataRef
x = 1
repeat while x < gStandard1DataRef.count + 1
LoadListData (datadir, gStandard1DataRef[x])
x = x + 1
end repeat
end
Regards,
Peter
Peter Witham
Internet and Multimedia Solutions
http://www.evolutiondata.com
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:45 PM
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Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Accessing global variables with sent parameters
> I have an embarrassing question that I should know the
> answer too but my memory is waaaay faulty today. Below is a
> code snippet, what I'm trying to do is access a global
> variable to use it's value for something in a function but
> part of the variable name is being sent as a parameter, it's
> a number from 1 to 10. So the code below for example should
> be accessing this
>
> Global gStandard1DataRef
>
> If I use
>
> LoadDataSet 1
>
> Here's my faulty code
>
> on LoadDataSet stdnum
> Global "gStandard"&stdnum&"DataRef"
> End
There may be a way to construct a variable name on the fly, like you can
in Flash, but I'm not certain if/how it's done.
I would make the variable a list and access it by list reference.
Something like:
on LoadDataSet stdnum
Global glStandardDataRef
return glStandardDataRef.getAt(stdnum)
End
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