put string into multiple variables

[Da_Elf]

this might sound silly but i want to put 0 into about 20 different variables and dont want to have to write "put 0 into var1" then another line "put 0 into var2". Id rather say something like "put 0 into va1 and var2 and var3 and so on" this will be a lot easier

[Klaus]

Hi Da_Elf,

just DO it, you lazyboy:

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...
  repeat with i = 1 to 20
      do ("put" && 0 && "into tVar" & i)
   end repeat
...

Best

Klaus

[Da_Elf]

Thanks Klaus. I have to look into this "do" command. So there would be no other way of doing it? i used var1, var2, var3 as examples. What if i wanted to put 0 into "TotalSales" , "TotalSavings" , "SubTotal" , "TotalTaxes". etc etc.

wait i think i have it

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put "TotalSales,TotalSavings,Subtotal,TotalTaxes,etc,etc" into vars
set itemDelimiter to comma
repeat for each item myVar in vars
   do ("put" && 0 && "into " & myVar)
end repeat

[Klaus]

EX-ACTLY!

[Da_Elf]

thank you so much. You have been a help to all of us novices. i might even be able to clean up some of the code ive already done by using the "do" option. (why did i think programming a POS would be simple lol)

[Klaus]

Maybe another option could be an ARRAY?
No need to DO anything there:

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...
put empty into tArray
put "TotalSales,TotalSavings,Subtotal,TotalTaxes,etc,etc" into vars
repeat for each item myVar in vars
   put 0 into tArray[myVar]
end repeat
...

Only ONE variable, worth a thought

[kelyanok]

hello,
i want to do something similar: if mutliple variables are set to true, then...
i tried this:

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if _g1True is true and _g2True is true and _g3True is true
   then
      answer "working"
   end if

or if g1True,g2True,g3True is true, then.. but nothing. thats a pretty old thread, so if someone sees it.. can you help me? thank you!

[Klaus]

Hi kelyanok,

just made a little test and it works as advertized!

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on mouseUp 
   put TRUE into _g1True
   put TRUE into _g2True 
   put TRUE into _g3True 
   if _g1True = true and _g2True = true and _g3True = true  then
      answer "working"
   end if
end mouseUp

Hint: When checking a Boolean value for TRUE, you can omit the = TRUE part.
If we do, the engine thinks we mean TRUE, so this works, too:

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on mouseUp 
   put TRUE into _g1True
   put TRUE into _g2True 
   put TRUE into _g3True 
   if _g1True and _g2True and _g3True then
      answer "working"
   end if
end mouseUp

Best

Klaus

[Thierry]

Maybe another option could be an ARRAY?
No need to DO anything there:
Only ONE variable, worth a thought

What Klaus said !

but even an easier way to build your array out of list:

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   local mySuperArray = "TotalSales,TotalSavings,Subtotal,TotalTaxes,etc,etc"
   split mySuperArray with comma as set

Take care,

Thierry

[kelyanok]

hello Klaus!

thank you for your response!
i tried to use your code, but it didnt work!

so what i did first is put some code when the button "start" is pressed:

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on mouseUp
put FALSE into _g1True
put FALSE into _g2True
put FALSE into _g3True

to be sure that the probleme wasnt there: it is not. so ive made another variable to check if my code above wasnt working or something like that, still no. i checked if everytime the player succeed, you put TRUE into _gxTrue, i put "global _gxTrue" everywhere ect ect.. but STILL NO!!
can you help me pleaaase thank you very much.
i can maybe send you my app, say me if you want to.


Ps: by _gxTrue, i mean i put _g1True, _g2True and _g3True.

[Klaus]

Hm, are these GLOBAL variables? If yes, do you declare them in every script you use them?
I think this is different than in other programming languages.

Like this:

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global myGlobalVar

on mouseup
  ## do this and that with myGlobalVar
end mouseup

command my_custom_command
  ## do somethong else with myGlobalVar
end  my_custom_command

[kelyanok]

hello Klaus
well i did put global _gxTrue on every box yes.
still didnt found why. is there a way to send you my code?

thanks

kelyan

[Klaus]

Hi kelyan,

OK, send the stack to klaus AT major-k.de with a short info, where to look.
Or put it online somewhere and send me the link.


Best

Klaus