Thanks for the tip, and clarification.
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 3:34 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Yes, but you found more utility than I was thinking of. My thing is that
> when tracing/debugging, I need to see what a function returns, and I can
>
Yes, but you found more utility than I was thinking of. My thing is that when
tracing/debugging, I need to see what a function returns, and I can only do
that if I put the returned value or it or the result into a variable of some
sort.
Bob S
> On Jun 15, 2018, at 14:28 , Mike Bonner via
If you mean using merge inside the function, I guess one could do the merge
beforehand and pass it in as a parameter, or alternatively do the merge in
the function and return the generated url string as part of the returned
value. IE change it like so..
function translate pText,pLang
put
Again, this is why I don't like to nest functions. You cannot tell what the
function returned without pulling it apart.
Bob S
> On Jun 15, 2018, at 10:40 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> jsontoarray returns an array, you'll have to dig through the array to find
> where pieces of
jsontoarray returns an array, you'll have to dig through the array to find
where pieces of information reside, but it pretty straightforward after you
poke around.
For example.. If you instead do this..
put jsontoarray(tResult) into tArray
you have an array variable named tArray.
If you-- put
This works, sort of:
put URL
"https://translate.yandex.net/api/v1.5/tr.json/translate?key=trnsl.1.1.20180527T091305Z.7f33f9fb3f66f0bb.d573f1d9a6336a981504916600c45f49255938b3=hello%20world=en-de;
into tResult
put tResult into card field 1
--put JsonImport(tResult) into tResults
--put
/*
A quick and dirty example of using yandex translator
Fill in your key then use the 2 functions to try things out.
Put this in your card or stack script, then call the desired function
passing in the required parameters.
*/
constant kKey="put your key here"
constant kGetTransURL="
I am trying to make a call to the yandex translate api for a stack i am working
on.
i could do this pretty handily in HTML but I want to do it in livecode.
I tried working with this but using yandex api instead of google
