I like Richmond's disillusioned vision of life ! ;-) René Le 10 juil. 2010 à 10:45, Richmond a écrit :
> On 07/10/2010 02:23 AM, David C. wrote: >> Good grief! Will someone be so kind as to show me the proper way to >> format my script... >> > > 'the proper way" . . . Um; that is slightly funny as, unlike > Fortran IV (what a pain it was) there is no strict set of > rules as to how to format a script. > > This is both RunRev's strength and its weakness; insofar > as there are multiple solutions to almost everything. > >> Let's say I have the following >> >> 1 group named "AllFields" containing: >> 10 text fields, named Field1...Field10 >> 10 temporary variables named tVar1...tVar10 >> >> All I want to do, using a loop, is to put the user supplied data >> contained in each field into the corresponding, like-named variable. I >> thought I could do something easy like this >> > > "All I want is a room with a view . . . " (mind you, from what I know of > lunatic asylums, > not many of them have cells with nice views). > > Let's see: > > 1. Ugh: 'repeat for i = 1 to 10' throws a bluey. > > Oh, bu**er, I had forgotten that the Linux version of RunRev 4.0 has a > serious SLOWNESS problem > with the Dictionary; half a mo; turning on the Mac - boy, do I miss Bill > Marriott. > > Well, talk about "bloody silly"; here I am progging with RunRev on the Linux > box while consulting > the RunRev dictionary on the Mac . . . :) > > Ahah: > > 2. repeat WITH . . . . > > THAT could make all the difference: I'm off back to my padded cell. > >> repeat for i = 1 to 10 >> put fld "Field"& i of grp "AllFields" into tVar& i >> end repeat >> >> I know that I've done this before, but so far I've yet to find the >> right format that will not cause an error when compiling the script >> -and- would greatly appreciate it if some kind soul would rescue me >> from this madness. >> >> > > Well; if it gives you any comfort at all (which it won't), yesterday I had > a "battle" as the script editor kept telling me a rather long and winding > script (about 500 lines) was alright everytime I compiled it. > > However, when I tried to run the script it "threw a bluey" and opened > the script editor in that rather unhelpful way where it marks the problem > but doesn't allow you to edit it. > > Just to make you feel even cosier; I find your script extremely difficult > to understand; not because there is anything at all intrinsically wrong > with it, but because my scripting method / style is totally different. > > This is what I meant up the top there: RunRev can be used by lots of folk, > all with highly > individualised scripting styles - thus allowing great flexibility and folk > who are not > naturally "computery" to get up and running remarkably quickly. What is also > means is that > when it comes time for somebody to edit the scripts of the RunRev genius who > went > bonkers and is now locked up in a secure unit, they cannot get anywhere at > all; or, prior to > worrying about the algorhythmic aspects of the code they have to spend an > awful long time > working out how the genius's mind worked vis-a-vis programming. >> FWIW, I recently had another fifty-something birthday, so I'm blaming it >> all on an increasing case of dementia. As in: >> >> "Dementia (meaning "deprived of mind") is a serious loss of cognitive >> ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be >> expected from normal ..." >> > > Well; speaking as a relative baby (48 last February) I ca cheerfully say: > > 1. My short term memory is already half-rotted. > > 2. I cannot tell you much about what is termed "long-term memory" as I don't > seem to have one > beyond a series of oft-repeated anecdotes which drive my teenage sons up > the wall. > > 3. Having suffered from an element of creative insanity all my life a bit of > "loss of > cognitive ability" might not necessarily be all bad . . . :) > > So long and thanks for all the fish. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution