I'm trying to use the param() function, but it is behaving "badly". Here is the meat of the issue. Consider this fragment, param(1) = 'card "CardName" verified in variable watcher':
put fld "F" of param(1) is empty into x
The above code blows up stating that fld "F" cannot be found. However, if I add a line as follows:
put param(1) into tCard put fld "F" of tCard is empty into x
This works!(?) Why can't I just use param(1)? The "documentation" implies that I've used it correctly.
The parameter will be interpreted as a text string, and the engine will see it like this:
put fld "F" of "card 'CardName'" is empty into x
This doesn't compile. By putting it into a variable first, you've forced the engine to evaluate it. You can also do evalution using the "do" command like this:
do "put fld" && quote & "F" & quote && "of" && param(1) && "is empty into x"
but that is not only hard to read, it requires that the script load the compiler every time that line runs. Your second way is cleaner.
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