delete variable

chris9610 · Post by **chris9610** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:14 am

I can not seem to use this command.

The dictionary shows it as Delete Global myvar[17]

The User manual shows it as Delete Variable myvar[17]

neither seems to work for me to delete an array element.

Is this a bug?

mwieder · Post by **mwieder** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:35 am

They do work fine.

Are you saying you can't do

put "hello" into myVar[17]
put myVar[17]
delete variable myVar[17]
put myVar[17]

?

chris9610 · Post by **chris9610** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:14 pm

Actually that does work in a script.

I guess my problem was that it was not working from the message box. I get:

Script compile error:
Error description: delete: bad variable expression

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:37 pm

Try it in a button to be sure!

The message box has some "funky" issues since the last 3 or 4 versions, which still did not get fixed!

Best

Klaus

chris9610 · Post by **chris9610** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:22 pm

In a button delete variable works fine, that I tested. In the message box it still fails.

That's ok as long as it works in the script.

I am just learning runrev and I use the message box to test my script sentences. I was not aware of these issues till now.

mwieder · Post by **mwieder** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:19 pm

No, it works in the message box as well. But you need to use the multi-line message box option (the second icon in the toolbar), not the single line option. The single-line option only knows about its current context, not about anything that has happened in the past. Once you've typed return, that context is gone.