Have you considered a very simple SQLIte database? A simple table with columns for student, subject and score, maybe a date related column would allow you to analyse the data every which way after you've collected it.
Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Nonsanity <f...@nonsanity.com> wrote: > Remember that there is the customKeys set and if you do this: > > put "ABC" into myCustomPropNameVar > put "123" into myCustomPropValue > set the myNewPropSet[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack to > myCustomPropValue > > You are creating a new key set. If you look at the Custom Properties page > of > the inspector window, you won't see your "ABC" property in the list. Under > the list of properties is a pop-up menu called Set. If you look in there > you'll see "myNewPropSet" and if you select that, you'll see the ABC custom > property with the 123 value in it. > > If you want a property to be in the main set ("customKeys") AND you want > that property to be an array, you can't set the individual elements of the > area IN the set command. You have to modify a local array variable and then > set the property to that. > > In my example above, the value is just "123", but if you want that to be an > array, it would go like this: > > put "ABC" into myCustomPropNameVar > put "123" into myCustomPropValue[ "x1" ] > put "456" into myCustomPropValue[ "x2" ] > set the customKeys[ myCustomPropNameVar ] of this stack to > myCustomPropValue > > Not the use of the "customKeys" name. If you use array notation in the set > command for properties, you are messing with sets, not the contents of the > properties. > > ~ Chris Innanen > ~ Nonsanity > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Glen Bojsza <gboj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > > > The do script produces what I want (myscore should be score in the > example) > > though I am still working through your array structure to see if I can > get > > the same results... so far no luck. > > > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Mark Schonewille < > > m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Glen, > > > > > > One of the problems is that testname and testname[student] are > different > > > variables. First it is a simple variable, but next it is an array. When > > you > > > turn testname into an array, the variable is cleared and as soon as it > is > > > cleared testname is parsed as plane text and hence as a property name. > > > > > > You might use the "do" variable: > > > > > > put 10 into score > > > put "math" into myVarName > > > put "set the" && myVarName & "[" & quote & myStudent & quote & "] of > this > > > stack to myScore" into myScript > > > do myScript > > > > > > But why would you do this? It is much easier to use a straightforward > > array > > > structure by writing the following... > > > > > > put the cStudentScores of me into myStudentScoresArray > > > put "math" into mySubject > > > put "John" into myStudent > > > put 10 into myScore > > > put myScore into myStudentScoresArray[mySubject][myStudent] > > > set the cStudentScores of me to myStudentScoresArray > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Mark Schonewille > > > > > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > > > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > > > KvK: 50277553 > > > > > > New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here > > > http://qery.us/ce > > > > > > On 27 apr 2011, at 18:27, Glen Bojsza wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Hopefully someone is still looking at the list while the conference > is > > > going > > > > on... > > > > > > > > I want to create a customkey from a variable. > > > > > > > > on mouseup > > > > put "Math" into testname > > > > set the testname[student] of this stack to score > > > > end mouseup > > > > > > > > this doesn't create the customkey or properties for me but if I don't > > use > > > a > > > > variable it will work? > > > > > > > > on mouseup > > > > set the Math[student] of this stack to score > > > > end mouseup > > > > > > > > I really would like to use a variable so I can automatically create > the > > > > customkeys on the fly. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > > > Glen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
