The problem is "word" is a valid reference to a variable and that may be what you want to do. I can't remember what I've tried to get round this but pretty sure I've always ended up using a do command.
Pete lcSQL Software On Apr 19, 2015 1:21 PM, "Peter M. Brigham" <[email protected]> wrote: > So I have a field, let's say field "text", with the contents "one two > three four". > > if I do this: > put the long id of fld "text" into fRef > put "deux" into word 2 of fRef > > it puts "deux" into word 2 of "field id 1022 of stack…" and doesn't > resolve fRef as a field reference. > > But if I do: > put the text of fRef into tText > > it *does* resolve fRef as a field reference, as I would expect. It appears > that the engine only resolves these references when the context/syntax > indicates that it should expect an object reference, and not otherwise. > > Is there any way I can put "deux" into word 2 of the field without jumping > through hoops, like > put "deux" into newWord > do "put newWord into word two of" && fRef > ?? > > I don't want to do: > put the text of fRef into tText > put "deux" into word 2 of tText > set the text of fRef to tText > because the field may contain formatted text that I want to preserve. > > ideas? or am I stuck with hoops? > > -- Peter > > Peter M. Brigham > [email protected] > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
