Custom command with multiple parameters

[guillem]

This is my first post btw so: hello all!

I'm trying to make a custom command take two parameters in this fashion:

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command twoParams pOne, pTwo
   -- do things with pOne and pTwo
end command

I'm calling it as twoParams("foo", "bar"), and I was expecting to see that pOne = "foo" and pTwo = "bar" (same as with custom functions), but what I get is pOne = "foo,bar" and pTwo = "". I don't know if I'm not seeing some stupid big obvious typo.

I'm using LC8DP16 on OSX Yosemite (RC1 still downloading, didn't try yet).

Edit: thanks!

[Klaus]

Grüezi guillem,

1. welcome to the forum!

2. Hm, you created a COMMAND:
-> command twoParams pOne, pTwo
but call it like a FUNCTION:
-> twoParams("foo", "bar")

Not sure what you are exspecting or what exactly should happen
or how your command returns anything?


Best

Klaus

[guillem]

Grüezi wohl, Klaus, and thanks for the welcome!

Well in fact I was not expecting the command to return anything. Elaborating a bit more on my pseudocode:

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command putSomeWordsNicelyAroundTheUI pAlistOfWords pAdifferentListOfWords
   -- chew pAlistOfWords and spit it on the card as a navigation menu
   -- chew pAdifferentListOfWords and spit it on the card as a secondary navigation menu
end command

Those menus are intended to be different every time the command putSomeWordsNicelyAroundTheUI is called, that's why I wasn't using a function; and I was taking for granted that it was allowed for commands too... Maybe it's just a problem of perspective and I should be trying to do the menus differently.

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Step through these:

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on mouseUp
   put 3 into param1
   put 5 into param2
   answer doubleUp(param1,param2)
   doubleUp param1,param2
end mouseUp

function doubleUp firstArg,secondArg
  return firstArg * 2 & return & secondArg * 2
end doubleUp

on doubleUp firstArg,secondArg
 put  firstArg * 2 & return & secondArg * 2 into fld 1
end doubleUp

The way commands and functions work is similar, but depends on how you want to use them, and where control is delegated to.

Craig Newman

[guillem]

Oh!

It was the parentheses!

I feel stupid now

Thank you Klaus and Craig!

[Klaus]

It was the parentheses!

That's what I meant with "you are calling it like a function"
Glad you got it working now!

[guillem]

@Klaus,

yes, yes, it makes sense now, but my brain was very busy running into the same wall over and over

[Klaus]

Switch walls from time to time!

[SparkOut]

But don't give up either, the wall will come tumbling down in the end.

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?p=40553#p40553