> local baseID > > function baseID newID > put iff(validID(newID),newID, \ > iff(validID(baseID), baseID,"this card")) into baseID > return baseID > end baseID3
Of course you could reduce it one step further: function baseID newID return iff(validID(newID),newID, \ iff(validID(baseID), baseID,"this card")) end baseID3 I use a similar inline "switch": put stsSwitch(the platform,"MacOS=Finder","Win32=Explorer","*=Desktop") into tReference easier/shorter then: switch (the platform) case "MacOS" put "Finder" into tReference break case "Win32" put "Explorer" into tReference break default put "Desktop" into tReference break end switch For anyone interested, here’s the code: function stsSwitch -- does a quick inline switch/case; separate multiple matches with a comma -- param 1 is <checkValue> -- params 2+ is in the form <matchValue(s)>=<returnValue>; if there is a match to one -- or more items in <matchValue(s)>, return <returnValue> -- otherwise empty is returned (unless a matchValue is "*", in which case return the associated value) put param(1) into tCheckValue set the itemDel to "=" put "" into tDefault repeat with x = 2 to the paramCount put param(x) into tCheck put item 1 of tCheck into tMatch put item 2 of tCheck into tRetVal replace "," with "=" in tMatch if tCheckValue is among the items of tMatch then return tRetVal if tMatch = "*" then if tRetVal = "*" then put tCheckValue into tDefault else put tRetVal into tDefault end if end if end repeat return tDefault end stsSwitch :D Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. Email: k...@sonsothunder.com <applewebdata://52553A11-C1AF-4926-9DEF-C77D655DC26B/k...@sonsothunder.com> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ <http://www.sonsothunder.com/> _______________________________________________ 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