On 08/07/13 09:30, Scott Rossi wrote:
OK, just so I'm clear, thoughŠ I thought part of the bragging rights of these things was to execute the task in as few lines as possible, regardless of readability. Looking through the various entries (including the entry you posted), everything looks fairly well formatted/readable. So on this site, brevity, while encouraged, isn't really the goal, correct? In fact, it seems convoluted options can be posted alongside concise options within the same language.
This, surely, is one of the glories of Livecode . . . one can do things the easy way, or the difficult way;
one can use a reduced instruction set or a complete (and convoluted) instruction set if one so wishes.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX/UI Design On 7/7/13 10:20 PM, "Geoff Canyon" <gcan...@gmail.com> wrote:Thanks for contributing! Hopefully I don't come off quite that harsh... In any case, there doesn't seem to be a better way to add a new entry than: 1. Go to the page for 99 bottles. 2. Click the entry for the language before LiveCode alphabetically -- Liberty BASIC in this case. 3. Edit that entry. 4. Insert the following at the bottom, after a couple CRs: =={{header|LiveCode}}== <lang livecode>function beerMe numberOfBottles put "XX bottles of beer on the wall" into verseA put "Take one down, pass it around" into verseB repeat with N = numberOfBottles down to 1 put replaceText(verseA,"XX",N) & cr & word 1 to 4 of \ replaceText(verseA,"XX",N) & cr & verseB & cr & replaceText(verseA,"XX",N-1) \ & cr & cr after theSong end repeat return theSong end beerMe</lang> I generally add a comment that I'm adding LiveCode, and then save. It could also be done by editing the entry *after* LiveCard alphabetically, and putting the LiveCode entry before that entry, with a couple CRs between them. Or by editing the whole page, but that would be harder because you'd have to search through the markdown to find the right place to put LiveCode. Note that in this case I just modified your code to take an argument for the number of bottles just for laughs. If I were optimizing I'd do something like: function beerMe3 numberOfBottles repeat with N = numberOfBottles down to 0 put N && "bottles of beer on the wall" & cr & cr & \ N && "bottles of beer on the wall" & cr & \ N && "bottles of beer" & cr & \ "Take one down, pass it around" & cr after theSong end repeat return line 3 to -5 of theSong end beerMe3 _______________________________________________ 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
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