Use repeat to clear ever field in a group

[RalphORama]

Hello! I'm trying to write a repeat to clear every field in a group, but I can't seem to make it work. Here's my current code:

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repeat for each field tClearField in group "displayGrp" -- put the name of the field into tClearField
     put "" into field tFieldClear -- clear the field
end repeat

With this code, I'm getting the error group "keypadGrp": compilation error at line 10 (repeat: bad termination condition) near "field", char 21

I'm not sure where to go with this, the other thing I've tried for debugging purposes is:

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answer the number of fields in group "displayGrp"

This properly returns the number of fields in the group.

How could I get this to work?

[LCNeil]

Hi TalphoRama,

The repeat for each syntax relies on a chunk expression to work as expected (e.g repeat for each line, repeat for each char, repeat for each word..) so this form of repeat will result in an error if used in the context of your script.

Another repeat that you should be able to use is "repeat with var =". The following is an example of this which will clear all fields in the group-

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on mouseUp
   repeat with x = 1 to the number of fields in group "displayGrp" -- put the name of the field into tClearField
      put "" into field x of group "displayGrp"-- clear the field
   end repeat
end mouseUp

Kind Regards,

Neil Roger
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LiveCode Support Team ~ http://www.livecode.com
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[richmond62]

Rather than

put " "

I always prefer

put empty

then the field IS really empty.

[Klaus]

Rather than
put " "
I always prefer
put empty
then the field IS really empty.

and with -> put "" it's only half empty?

[Mark]

Klaus, I prefer half full

Mark

[dunbarx]

Richmond is not just being pedantic. It is easy to inadvertently put a space, or even an invisible char in between those quotes. But "empty" is empty.

That said, I never do it. Lazy, you know.

Craig

[Mark]

Actually, I always use empty instead of two double quotes. It makes it easier to read the code.

Best,

Mark