It's not a list! It's an array.
It's not THE NUMBER OF LINES in myArray.
it's the number of lines in the KEYS of myArray. Big difference.
I'll build a silly array here:
set the itemdelimiter to comma
put "Jefferson,Washington,Lincoln,Bush,Elvis" into historyList
repeat with n = 1 to number of items in historyList
put item n of historyList into myArray[n]
end repeat
Same as :
1) put the keys of myarray into tKeys
2) put number of lines in temp into tArrayLines
Once again, you can't directly put an array into a field to "see" the
elements. It needs to be 'disassembled', element by element This is
expected behavior. You make a list by rotating through each key,
either
manually
put myArray [1] & return into toadMeatList
put myArray [2] & return after toadMeatList
put myArray [5] after toadMeatList
RESULTS-->
1<tab>Jefferson
2<tab> Washington
5<tab> Elvis
or in a "regular" loop
put "1,2,5" into orderList
repeat with n = 1 to numLines
put myArray[n] & return after toadMeatList
end repeat
RESULTS-->
1<tab>Jefferson
2<tab> Washington
5<tab> Elvis
or using combine
combine myArray with return & tab
RESULTS-->
1<tab>Jefferson
2<tab>Washington
3<tab>Lincoln
4<tab>Bush
5<tab>Elvis
From: "william humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com>
Subject: Re: returning result from a function when the number of items in
the result varies
Thanks again. I'm still curious about the array. When I use the "number of
lines in myArray" I get the correct answer "1" before I send it out of the
function as "myArray" but when I do the same "number of lines in myArray"
after it is called then the answer is "0".
If I ask for one key in the array (as myArray[1] ) and return that it works
as expected. I understand that the contents of the array are invisible until
I ask for one of the keys. But it still wasn't working as expected. I think
Jim's suggestion might be better as the list of data elements can be handed
back and it will work as I expect.
It was fun to play with the array and I'm surprised that it doesn't return
in the function like a list would as in my mind I think of the array
as a list.
--
stephen barncard
s a n f r a n c i s c o
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