I'm not sure I understand your problem fully but I think 'repeat for each key' and the value() function might help. In the message box:
put 5 into tApple --put something into various variables put 50 into tBanana put 5000 into tCarrot put "tApple" into aArray[a] --build an array put "tBanana" into aArray[b] put "tCarrot" into aArray[c] repeat for each key tKey in aArray put "tKey = " & tKey & "; Variable = " & aArray[tKey] & " = " & value(aArray[tKey]) & cr after msg end repeat On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a "decent" way to load variables from an array without "do" or a > long list of commands? > > If theList[pageName] is "cat page" and so forth, I can > > repeat for each word theVar in "pageName pageHeight pageWidth" > do "put " & theList[theVar] & " into " & theVar > end repeat > > but this will cause a slew of compiles. > > I could also rattle off the list, but this is more maintainable. > > Is there a better way to do this? > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
