> JLG wrote: > In what circumstance would it be necessary to quote the property name?
Use "&" in a key, for example the "G&T" of me > Mark wrote: > What doesn't work at the moment is if you have a var name which is > quoted: > > local catness > put "minimal" into catness > set the "catness" of me to "very much" > get the customProperties of me > put the keys of it > > Will result in a key 'minimal' and *not* 'catness' - which is perhaps > not what would be expected. >From a viewpoint of the "get property /set property" syntax "unexpected results" sounds convincing here, but, TMHO, it is exactly what I would expect from a **viewpoint of array syntax**. on mouseUp local catness put "minimal" into catness --> Then the next two lines set the minimal of me to "very much" --(1) set the "minimal" of me to "very much" --(2) --> are equivalent and create the same key "minimal". --> As catness is "minimal" and is NOT empty, this is also equivalent to set the catness of me to "very much" --(3) --> what is, as usual when quoting, equivalent to set the "catness" of me to "very much" --(4) --> Four equivalent commands (1)-(4) result in the same key "minimal". --> And it["catness"] is empty, correctly. get the customProperties of me put it["catness"] &"/"& it[catness] &"/"& it["minimal"] &"/"& it[minimal] put cr & the keys of it after msg end mouseUp _______________________________________________ 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
