Richmond, I don't understand the problem. Can't you simply ignore the ordinal
versions ("first <chunk>" ... "tenth <chunk>")? Just teach your students the
cardinal versions ("<chunk> <num>").
I remember, when learning HyperCard ages ago, regarding this alternative syntax
as a kind of free bonus. But most of the time I just wrote, e.g., "get item 3
of the_line" instead of "get third item of the_line", 'cause it was quicker.
(In fact I wouldn't be surprised if it's only in LiveCode for backward
compatibility with HyperCard.)
Jonathan Cooper
http://doctordada.com
On 04/07/2014, at 1:04 AM, Richmond <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/07/14 00:43, Mark Schonewille wrote:
>> Hi Richmond,
>>
>> Ten is defined as a constant and tenth as a keyword according to the
>> dictionary. Eleven and eleventh aren't defined. Although a warning might be
>> appropriate, it is easy to find out why it doesn't work, if one reads the
>> dictionary: eleven and eleventh don't exist. Unfortunately, something
>> lacking from the dictionary doesn't always mean that it doesn't exist :-(
>>
>> I agree it is silly that LiveCode only contains the constants one to ten.
>> I'm not sure that it is possible to have an infinite number of constants
>> defined as ordinal numbers, but it should be possible to do this for very
>> large numbers. Perhaps a feature request?
>>
>
> My feature request would be to REMOVE the ordinals! Then one could ONLY do:
>
> delete char 3 and so on
>
> and things would be consistent.
>
> Certainly my "grumble" (and it is only a grumble, it is NOT a roaring
> complaint) is about
> inconsistencies, which makes teaching Livecode a bit more difficult than
> perhaps may be
> necessary.
>
> Richmond.
>
>
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