Yes, but I couldn't get the recursion working right. My brain fried. Bob S
> On Feb 3, 2020, at 11:18 , Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 22/01/2020 18:26, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >> We have many handlers that deliver directory trees as lists, but arrays are >> a different beast. Because the depth is both unknowable and varied, I can't >> think of a way to do this without resorting to "do". > > Surely this is what recursion does for you? > > e.g. > > function directoryTreeAsArray tRoot, tSubPath --> aTree > local aTree > set the defaultFolder to tRoot & "/" & tSubPath > put the files into aTree["files"] > repeat for each line f in the folders > if char 1 of f = "." then next repeat -- unix gotcha > put directoryTreeAsArray(tRoot, tSubPath & "/" & f) into > aTree["folders"][f] > end repeat > return aTree > end directoryTreeAsArray > > (initially invoked with empty second parameter) > > Or have I misunderstood the requirement? _______________________________________________ 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
