Can "min" return the ordinal?

[bjb007]

I have code like this...

put min(field lblFirst,field lblSecond,field lblThird) into varMin

but I want to know which field holds the minimum value
so I use...

if field lblFirst = varMin then
put 1 into varMin1
end if

etc.

Can the min function return the ordinal (i.e. 1,2,or3)?

I would also like to know if two fields contain the same
number.

[Mark]

Hi,

This script puts the number of the field with the minimum value into the message box. The script is a bit silly, because it creates two arrays in a repeat loop, but it works.

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on mouseUp
  repeat with x = 1 to 3
    put fld x into myVar[x]
    put x into myVar2[fld x]
  end repeat
  put myVar2[min(myVar)]
end mouseUp

Instead of "put x into myVar2[fld x]", you could also use "put the short name of fld x into myVar2[fld x]" and you could use an if statement to check for a custom property, to make sure that only the values of relevant fields are included.

Best,

Mark